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expressing their Christian faith, imitate modes of
expression which European nations developed at
a particular moment of their history, because the
faith cannot be constricted to the limits of un-
derstanding and expression of any one culture. 95
It is an indisputable fact that no single culture
can exhaust the mystery of our redemption in
Christ.
We are all missionary disciples
119. In all the baptized, from first to last, the
sanctifying power of the Spirit is at work, impel-
ling us to evangelization. The people of God is
holy thanks to this anointing, which makes it in-
fallible in credendo . This means that it does not err
in faith, even though it may not find words to ex-
plain that faith. The Spirit guides it in truth and
leads it to salvation. 96 As part of his mysterious
love for humanity, God furnishes the totality of
the faithful with an instinct of faith – sensus fidei
– which helps them to discern what is truly of
God. The presence of the Spirit gives Christians
a certain connaturality with divine realities, and a
wisdom which enables them to grasp those real-
ities intuitively, even when they lack the where-
withal to give them precise expression.
95 J ohn Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
Ecclesia in Asia (6 November 1999), 20: AAS 92 (2000), 478-482.
96 Cf. S econd Vatican Ecumenical C ouncil, Dogmatic
Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, 12.