{"id":6675,"date":"2017-05-12T04:03:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T04:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2019-05-01T12:50:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T12:50:53","slug":"sifc-weighs-in-on-contra-mundum-swagger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/2017\/05\/sifc-weighs-in-on-contra-mundum-swagger\/","title":{"rendered":"SIFC Weighs in on Contra Mundum Swagger: Following Christ in a Divorce Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Contra+Mundum+Swagger\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6682\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6682 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CMS_Shannon.jpg?resize=474%2C192&ssl=1\" alt=\"CMS_Shannon\" width=\"474\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CMS_Shannon.jpg?w=1356&ssl=1 1356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CMS_Shannon.jpg?resize=300%2C121&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CMS_Shannon.jpg?resize=768%2C311&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CMS_Shannon.jpg?resize=1024%2C415&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CMS_Shannon.jpg?w=948&ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>by Standerinfamilycourt<\/p>\n<p><em>Our politics, culture and churches are falling apart , and the root cause of this decay is divorce and remarriage….I want to demonstrate\u00a0that our obedience on this issue is a fundamental reason for the havoc we are witnessing in our culture and that our obedience to Christ on this issue will also be a fundamental reason for the victory and restoration of our families, churches, culture and politics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0–\u00a0 \u00a0Author,\u00a0 Jack Shannon<\/p>\n<p>This is a blunt book about God’s displeasure with the altars to Baal and with the Asherah poles that have been built up in our contemporary evangelical churches during the last four decades, and which are now under rapid construction in the last few years even in the Roman Catholic church under the “guidance” of <em>Amoris Laetitia.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>(The mere fact that schism over this idolatrous altar-renovation work remains a threat to the RCC is, in SIFC’s view, a <em>profound credit<\/em> to the faithful discipleship of a remnant\u00a0few in that church).<\/p>\n<p>Written by the millennial son of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLdeK5s9Rnmc95nL3N_78bKNN3ZwDdqcbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a man who demonstrated what it was to stand for a difficult marriage<\/a> and see it turned around,\u00a0\u00a0this book will also be a satisfying read\u00a0for those who are shaking their heads at the hype over the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimaginativeconservative.org\/2017\/05\/dangers-benedict-option-john-horvat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> tuck-tail <em>Benedict Option (<\/em>by Catholic convert<em>, <\/em>Rod Dreher<\/a><em>).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Equally commendable to his “stander”-father’s strong, unselfish\u00a0discipleship is the fact that Jack came through both military service and a Reformed seminary with godly convictions fully intact, and in fact, gave a compelling, bold \u00a0defense of the no-excuses indissolubility of holy matrimony in t<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMhlfzYxDQ50&h=ATMdwMDs42uMotJRcyxOVR-Pox2P48NBQw-Mr8bYIDANI-xw49YKff1AlNjsI0aTNE3grPaAvHcTS76cckEy5clzAXpsCJK3BO1vG-9Vbq2LYiATlHngCnY3VlQ&s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his 2016\u00a0presentation<\/a> to a gathering of graduate students\u00a0 and faculty of St. Andrews College.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jack remains a never-married man, but has been engaged to be married in the past.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Contra Mundum Swagger\u00a0<\/em>appears largely \u00a0based on that 2016 thesis but has evolved a bit in the year since he presented it.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;\u00a0 <span id=\"en-NASB-28644\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-9\">to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,<\/span>\u00a0 <span id=\"en-NASB-28645\" class=\"text 1Cor-12-10\">and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>–\u00a0 1 Cor. 12: 8 -10<\/p>\n<p>It is evident which of the functional gifts of the Spirit is in operation in this book, given that the author prepares his audience for the “tone” of the book (page <em>xv<\/em> of the Introduction).\u00a0\u00a0 Most to whom this particular gift is distributed wish they could send it back and choose another that will get them in less trouble.\u00a0\u00a0 <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">Fortunatel<wbr \/>y, truth-tell<wbr \/>ing, outspoken prophets like Hosea, Malachi, Ezekiel, etc. didn’t face a bunch of denominati<wbr \/>onal scrutiny which some today are tempted to <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">argue should therefore discredit the entire message.\u00a0 It’s OK to \u00a0respectful<wbr \/>ly disagree with some of the critics, while also disagreeing with the denominati<wbr \/>onal bias and eschatolog<wbr \/>y first mentioned in the last few pages of the last chapter.\u00a0 But\u00a0such is the author’s privilege,<wbr \/>\u00a0 since what we believe about the latter is hardly a heaven-or-<wbr \/>hell matter (as contrasted<wbr \/> with the core central truth of this book). The marriage permanence\u00a0<wbr \/> community seems to\u00a0abound with church-wounded people who will insist (without conclusive<wbr \/>\u00a0 scriptural\u00a0<wbr \/> support, we’ll add) that pastor-led<wbr \/> congregati<wbr \/>ons are not a valid model for the New Testament Church. Once again, what we believe about this is not a heaven-or-<wbr \/>hell matter, therefore objections\u00a0<wbr \/> that the organized church cannot or should not be an important part of the solution are in\u00a0our view deceitful, counter-productive,\u00a0and emotionall<wbr \/>y biased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">On the contrary, most of us read this book as a stern warning that the Lord is returning as prophesied, regardless of our morals, readiness or level of respect. It’s a clear message that God does reach a tipping point,\u00a0\u00a0time is running out and it’s either genuine worship and revival or it’s destruction.<\/p>\n<p>A few nuggets\u00a0from various chapters in the book:<\/p>\n<p>(Concerning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Hebrews+10%3A26-31&version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abuse of grace<\/a>, individually and as a national\u00a0body of believers\u00a0– page 40) :<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When people refuse to repent their sins or willingly decide to worship in an unlawful way after being illuminated by the truth, they are bringing severer judgments on themselves for violating the Spirit of grace than if they were merely violating the Law of Moses.\u00a0 Notice that the punishment for unrepentant sin is harsher in the New Covenant.\u00a0\u00a0 Let me say that again: punishments are harsher in the New Covenant.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(When true Christ-followers are accused of “obsessing” over the immorality of remarriage adultery\u00a0 while “ignoring” other forms of sin –\u00a0 page 43):<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Other sins like lying and stealing may be happening in the church, but they are not defended or condoned by church leadership.\u00a0\u00a0 We don’t get together and have ceremonies celebrating masturbation, lust, theft, murder or bearing false witness.\u00a0 But we do when it comes to the adultery of divorce and remarriage.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FB-profile-7xtjw.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-502\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-502\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FB-profile-7xtjw.png?resize=18%2C21&ssl=1\" alt=\"FB profile 7xtjw\" width=\"18\" height=\"21\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>SIFC Observation<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Lust, theft and bearing false witness are all intrinsic to the adultery of divorce and remarriage, the last time we checked.<\/p>\n<p>(Concerning the “sanctified” nihilism and defeatism that settles in at\u00a0the church over abortion and gay marriage\u00a0which\u00a0directly results from failing to recognize or, even worse,\u00a0remaining unwilling to remove the log in our own eye – page 82:)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>But as it is, we point to things that aren’t really the main sins or are not as egregious as the adultery we affirm in divorce and remarriage.\u00a0 Instead we say we need to think more covenantally or be louder with our condemnation of abortion or homosexuality, or we formulate things like the Benedict Option where we learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+1%3A26-28&version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">give up our dominion mandate<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 We tell ourselves that this isn’t really our home and that maybe if persecution came, we’d be the better for it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FB-profile-7xtjw.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-502\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-502\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FB-profile-7xtjw.png?resize=18%2C21&ssl=1\" alt=\"FB profile 7xtjw\" width=\"18\" height=\"21\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>SIFC Note<\/strong>:\u00a0 Dr. Michael Brown is a key example of an influential church leader who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standerinfamilycourt.com\/?p=5366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly admitted many times that the “log” is there, but he doggedly refuses to believe that it actually needs to be removed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Concerning evangelical cluelessness about why\u00a0believers are coming under persecution rather than prevailing over the Sexual Revolution – page 136:)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Much of the evangelical world simply makes no connection between personal and cultural destruction and the sin in their lives and in their churches.\u00a0\u00a0 They just think they are righteous, like Job, and are experiencing similar loss, when in reality they are not blameless servants.\u00a0\u00a0 They are guilty as Ham, Achan and Ahab were.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">From\u00a0our perspectiv<wbr \/>e, the only thing we would have preferred to see more scholarly clarity around, is whether the “tradition<wbr \/>al view”\u00a0 of marriage (as attributed\u00a0<wbr \/> to the Early Church Fathers; that is, the idea that several of them seemed to hold, that one may civilly divorce due to adultery, so long as they don’t remarry while their “ex” spouse is still living) is really supported by honest original language translatio<wbr \/>ns of the original texts of their writings, as these Church Fathers are paraphrasi<wbr \/>ng Jesus, who used the term “<em>apoluo<\/em>” – literally “from-loos<wbr \/>ing” – in both Mattl <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/interlinear\/matthew\/5-32.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:32 <\/a>and Matt.<a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/interlinear\/matthew\/19-9.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19:9,<\/a>\u00a0and “<em>porneia” <\/em>\u00a0(“unchastity \/ prostitution”\u00a0sometimes misconstrued as\u00a0generic “adultery”), but we don’t\u00a0really know\u00a0if the various Church Fathers made the same word choices as Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0 If they did,<br \/>\nI don’t think what Jesus said in Matt. <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/interlinear\/matthew\/19-6.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19:6,8<\/a> (referring<wbr \/> to <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/interlinear\/genesis\/2-21.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen. 2:21-24<\/a>) actually supports this “tradition<wbr \/>al view” at all, and the quoted accounts of several ante-Nicene leaders have them appear to be contradict<wbr \/>ing Jesus in this, \u00a0if the language translatio<wbr \/>n of the koine Greek to contemporary English\u00a0\u00a0is as accurate as it is widely presumed to be.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If we took an honest\u00a0look at the original texts of these ante-Nicene writings (much the way we\u00a0are actually compelled to do with scripture texts), \u00a0is it not possible that “putting away”\u00a0(<em>apoluo<\/em>) did not necessarily anticipate civil action but rather reflected what Paul was prescribing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+7%3A10-11&version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Cor. 7:10-11<\/a>, especially given what he had just said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A1-8&version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Cor. 6:1-8<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">The seemingly weak exegesis on page 26 of\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Deuteronomy+24%3A1-4&version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deuteronomy 24:1-4<\/a> also contributes to the lack of clarity about “the traditional view”, and about whether the author is promoting it as being biblically supported.\u00a0\u00a0 It seems <em>at least<\/em> as likely that the defilement of the dismissed wife was a condition that defiled her both before and after her first marriage (such as consanguinity, a long term disease of ceremonial uncleanness, pagan citizenship, etc.) as that it would be a sexual defilement\u00a0which, if occurring in the first union – betrothal or post-consummation, was more accurately \u00a0the topic of Deuteronomy 22, and was therefore a capital offense rather than a divorceable one — at least while Moses lived.\u00a0\u00a0 It would hardly make sense for Jesus to forbid living in a state of lifelong unforgiveness and irreconciliation\u00a0toward our one-flesh or anyone else under the New\u00a0Covenant,\u00a0 while retaining some “defilement”-based prohibition of that reconciliation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As it stands, this book\u00a0can legitimately be construed as <em>promoting<\/em>\u00a0a “traditional view” that\u00a0may not accurately reflect the majority of Church Fathers at all, because the book didn’t do the needed deep dive into those assumptions, despite devoting a chapter to those quotes.\u00a0\u00a0 That said, we still doubt that the author’s intent was to promote the “traditional view”,\u00a0 but merely to describe it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">By contrast, it seems to\u00a0this blogger\u00a0that Jesus was not only saying that civil divorce of an original covenant pair was <em>immoral<\/em>, He was actually saying that marriage “dissoluti<wbr \/>on” by any act of men was <em>impossible<\/em><wbr \/>.\u00a0 Since several of the\u00a0ante-Nicene\u00a0church leaders\u00a0developed culturally<wbr \/>-biased views over time, <em>including ascetiscm<\/em>,<wbr \/> it seems that relying on what they said more than relying on what Christ said can lead to considerab<wbr \/>le confusion.<wbr \/>\u00a0 Paul, on the other hand, strictly forbids believers to bring each other before a pagan judge (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A1-8&version=NASB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Cor. 6:1-8<\/a>). This would be <a href=\"http:\/\/thirdmill.org\/magazine\/article.asp\/link\/http:%5E%5Ethirdmill.org%5Earticles%5Edav_jones%5Eth.tarwater.jones.covenants.html\/at\/Are%20Biblical%20Covenants%20Dissoluble\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consistent<wbr \/> with the findings of scholars Jones and Tarwater (2005)<\/a> as they exhaustive<wbr \/>ly concluded that there is not a biblical instance where God ever abandoned or invalidate<wbr \/>d an unconditio<wbr \/>nal covenant to which He was a party.\u00a0 And God never “divorced” Israel, but suspended a conditional covenant while awaiting her repentance.\u00a0 Absent this small bit of clarity about the shortcomin<wbr \/>gs of the “tradition<wbr \/>al view”, SIFC’s rating would have been\u00a0five stars instead of four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">Even so, this book accomplishes all that we would expect from a truly outstanding book on this topic:<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Recognizing the difference between a root and its fowl fruit;<\/em> correctly diagnosing the vain imagination that God-joined holy matrimony is \u00a0“dissoluble” as the root to cultural decay of every other type.<\/li>\n<li><em>Calling out church leadership\u00a0and false doctrine for their massive role in creating the mess<\/em> and demanding that they repent, as did the prophets of old;\u00a0notably, Ezra.<\/li>\n<li>Accurately likening the corrupt system of institutionalized adultery in the church to the crass idolatry that certainly \u00a0it is.<\/li>\n<li>Frankly acknowledging the financial dimensions of this idolatry.<\/li>\n<li>Getting the historical context and the hermeneutics right.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Not shying away from the biblical warning<\/em> that to die in any ongoing state of sin will result in the lake of fire, no matter the civil legality of it.<\/li>\n<li>Denouncing the abusive annulment of holy matrimony.<\/li>\n<li><em>Setting a biblically-correct definition of “mercy”, “grace” and “love”<\/em> that considers eternity, not just feelings and emotions.<\/li>\n<li><em>Calling upon anyone who is “married” to the estranged spouse of a living person to exit those unions<\/em> regardless of the years of entanglement and regardless of children born into the unlawful union.<\/li>\n<li><em>Denouncing any believer who goes along with this immorality among friends and family members<\/em> and\u00a0who acquiesce to\u00a0\u00a0it without strongly warning the sinners of the hellbound consequences.<\/li>\n<li><em>Astutely diagnosing the troubled “psychology<\/em>” within the contemporary church:\u00a0 loss of the mind of Christ.<\/li>\n<li><em>Accurately warning that true revival, when it arrives, is going to look scandalous to most<\/em>, as the resulting repentance is going to cause the divorce rate in the church to literally skyrocket.<\/li>\n<li><em>Very appropriately weaving in a strong theology of covenant<\/em>, which in fact is woven throughout the bible, which both begins and ends with a wedding.<\/li>\n<li><em>Recognizing that changing the laws and the political system isn’t impossible<\/em>, but it’s highly unlikely until the church deeply repents, regains moral authority, and becomes actively involved in the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><em>Some parting thoughts:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Is it more appropriate for the church or for\u00a0the state to have jurisdiction over marriage?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Is it ever appropriate for the church to assume authority over divorce –\u00a0 either prior to\u00a0believers\u00a0taking their case to court\u00a0\u00a0or\u00a0in lieu of ?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is the\u00a0 contemporary church in so much moral decay that they’ve forfeited\u00a0any “competence” they may have once had ?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jesus said, render unto Caesar the things that belong to Caesar and render unto God the things that belong to God.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God created marriage, and man created the “dissolution” of marriage.\u00a0\u00a0 As such, Caesar never had any legitimate jurisdiction over what should have been kept in the church with the exits securely bolted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Protestant\u00a0Reformers were eager to hand over to the civil state that which church leaders no longer wanted\u00a0authority over.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The only actual reason to do so was an intrinsic rebellion against God’s law that man has no\u00a0authority to\u00a0 dissolve holy matrimony.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>None<\/em> of this happened because believers were <em>obeying God <\/em>in the middle ages,\u00a0 but because they wanted an avenue\u00a0for disobedience that would\u00a0appear as legitimized.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Taking marriage back into the church (with exit doors bolted) and boycotting the civil system altogether will seem as “dominionist” to some in the marriage permanence movement.<\/p>\n<p>The Roman Catholic fringe of the movement is having a very <a href=\"http:\/\/When a man\u2019s ways are pleasing to the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vigorous debate over this “competence” issue <\/a>right now, while many of the Protestants in the movement question the legitimacy of any large\u00a0centralized church organization as biblically-supported.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We need to determine whether the goal is for the church to have a role in meaningfully reforming civil family laws, in which case, size and centralized resources would be an advantage, or if the goal is to simply entice people\u00a0away from the immoral civil system and back toward God’s law, then smaller, decentralized local church\u00a0bodies with impeccable\u00a0moral and disciplinary standards\u00a0will do.\u00a0\u00a0True revival and repentance may help define\u00a0the heart of God on this.\u00a0 \u00a0 SIFC proposes that it would not be out of the question for both approaches to coexist for a time and to leverage off each other.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>When a man\u2019s ways are pleasing to the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> –\u00a0 Proverbs 16:7<\/p>\n<p>May the Lord orchestrate the wide distribution of this book, and may He multiply its kingdom impact, in Jesus’ name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>7 Times Around The Jericho Wall |\u00a0 Let’s Repeal No-Fault Divorce!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>www.standerinfamilycourt. com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>–<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Standerinfamilycourt Our politics, culture and churches are falling apart , and the root cause of this decay is divorce and remarriage….I want to demonstrate\u00a0that our obedience on this issue is a fundamental reason for the havoc we are witnessing in our culture and that our obedience to Christ on this issue will also be … <a 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