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I agree completely with the above and add this advice to all future 1st years: don't worry about "getting it" until at least Thanksgiving. Its the kind of subject that only really makes sense when you have the complete picture.
I would like to counter the comment about him being a dry orator. I think it's great the way he gets so psyched up about some of the geeky distinctions in the doctrine. Makes the otherwise inherently dry material a little livelier and much more interesting.