them—so much so that these heroes were eulogized in the New Testament in chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews. The inspired author instructs us to learn from the examples of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, David, and the holy woman in 2 Maccabees 7. How much more so, then, should we learn from the great Christian saints of the past 2,000 years? Rather than reinvent the wheel (and inevitably design a worse one), we should build on the wisdom of the great men and women whom God has raised up in the Church since Christ founded it.
