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Machine generated contents note: Preface -- Introduction: ""I Believe"" -- 1 ""God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth"" -- Iris Murdoch, The Time of the Angels -- 2 ""Jesus Christ, God's Only Son, Our Lord"" -- Nikos Kazantzakis, The Last Temptation of Christ -- 3 ""Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary"" -- P. D. James, The Children of Men -- 4 ""Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was Crucified, Died, and Buried"" -- Charles Dickens, Hard Times -- 5 ""Descended into Hell, On the Third Day Rose Again"" -- David James Duncan, The Brothers K -- 6 ""Ascended into Heaven, Sits at the Right Hand of God"" -- William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale -- 7 ""He Will Come to Judge the Living and the Dead"" -- Toni Morrison, Beloved -- 8 ""I Believe in the Holy Spirit"" -- Flannery O'Connor, ""The Enduring Chill"" -- 9 ""The Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints"" -- Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams -- 10 ""The Forgiveness of Sins"" -- Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking -- 11 ""The Resurrection of the Flesh"" -- Graham Greene, The End of the Affair -- 12 ""And the Life Everlasting"" -- Guiseppe Tornatore, A Pure Formality -- Conclusion: ""Amen"".