We must have faith and doubt in the ultimate and we express that through our religious communities and the church. We must be able to understand faith and the meaning behind it in order to involve ourselves with it. This is Tillichs out look on Community. In order to understand we have set up the language, past experience, and common knowledge within the community. .
Without language there is no way to understand the symbols and myths that belong to whatever religion it is that we participate in. Beyond religion this rings true in almost every aspect of life. In order to belong to a community followers have set language, symbols, myths, and content to help them understand their faith.
Catholics have the resurrection, the Eucharist, and the set traditions from very long ago. Some religions have no dancing or singing others have fellowship to knock on the doors of others and have them join in with them. Outside from religion ballet masters know what a pas de trios is and the baseball community knows what a bunt is. A bunt in that community is very different from the culinary art communities bunt. That is why there is language, routine, and a set of standards for most all communities. .
Understanding and practicing faith in a community means you play a part in that group. There are rules and regulations to hold members to a moral code and demand that .
they accept them to work towards the ultimate. A giving of the self totally to ultimate concern is faith. It is a demand that the Church has on its community. .
The community strives, as a group, to maintain that personality in each member. If the personality sways away from the main goal the personality could be giving way to the idolatrous or demonic influences. These paths to self destruction rip away at the main goal and could weaken the strength of the community with denial. This member in denial is the heretic.
