Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.
Neither the Temple of Solomon, the Second Temple, Mount Gerizim, nor Jerusalem itself replace the existential awareness of God within the soul. Likewise, the ornate sanctuaries of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Saint Peter__ Basilica in Rome, Saint Basil__ Cathedral in Moscow, neither Westminster Abbey in London, nor Saint Patrick__ Cathedral in New York contain the Holy Spirit without the faith of their congregants.
Jesus the Jew, Christ the King: Exploring the Hypostatic Union Between the Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith
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Neither the Temple of Solomon, the Second Temple, Mount Gerizim, nor Jerusalem itself replace the existential awareness of God within the soul. Likewise, the ornate sanctuaries of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Saint Peter__ Basilica in Rome, Saint Basil__ Cathedral in Moscow, neither Westminster Abbey in London, nor Saint Patrick__ Cathedral in New York contain the Holy Spirit without the faith of their congregants.
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