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The point is they just concluded that it all comes down the the very faith that the whole religion is founded upon. 1 Corinthians 15. Yet this is not actually evidence but rhetoric Paul is using here to begin with.
Lk 7:19 doesn’t necessarily mean that John The Baptist doubted. He could have sent the question as a teaching to his disciples who doubted, for their instruction, concurrent with our Lord’s Miracles (Cyril of Alexandria). He could have asked for the purpose of receiving our Lord’s confirmation of what he believed before his death. St Ambrose (Doctor of the Church) offers that The Bapist doubted not in his Faith but in his piety.
While some Commentaries portray that The Baptist’s Faith was failing, others assert that the question was purposed because of the faltering faith of his disciples.
Given the exaulted status that our Lord God Gave John the Baptist (Mt 11:11) and in consideration of the teaching that doubt in faith is an impediment to that very faith. “First comes faith, then comes understanding.” O ye of little faith; size of a mustard seed…
… I doubt that John the Bapist doubted for one millisecond. Holy Ghost Grace from the time he lept in his Mother’s Womb before God Incarnate.
Nope. He certainly never doubted.
Pax Christi