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Posted by Whodat on January 11, 2008, 7:40 pm
Please log in for more thread options > of the Jesuits, must be
> made to know that it is not that of the Church, and that our divisions do
> not separate us from the altar.
>
> 892. If in differing we condemned, you would be right. Uniformity without
> diversity is useless to others; diversity without uniformity is ruinous fo=
r
> us. The one is harmful outwardly; the other inwardly.
>
> 893. By showing the truth, we cause it to be believed; but by showing the
> injustice of ministers, we do not correct it. Our mind is assured by a pro=
of
> of falsehood; our purse is not made secure by proof of injustice.
>
> 894. Those who love the Church lament to see the corruption of morals; but=
> laws at least exist. But these corrupt the laws. The model is damaged.
>
> 895. Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it fro=
m
> religious conviction.
>
> 896. It is in vain that the Church has established these words, anathemas,=
> heresies, etc. They are used against her.
>
> 897. The servant knoweth not what his lord doeth, for the master tells him=
> only the act and not the intention. And this is why he often obeys
> slavishly, and defeats the intention. But Jesus Christ has told us the
> object. And you defeat that object.
>
> 898. They cannot have perpetuity, and they seek universality; and therefor=
e
> they make the whole Church corrupt, that they may be saints.
>
> 899. Against those who misuse passages of Scripture, and who pride
> themselves in finding one which seems to favour their error.--The chapter
> for Vespers, Passion Sunday, the prayer for the king.
>
> Explanation of these words: "He that is not with me is against me." And of=
> these others: "He that is not against you is for you." A person who says: =
"I
> am neither for nor against"; we ought to reply to him...
>
> 900. He who will give the meaning of Scripture, and does not
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> made to know that it is not that of the Church, and that our divisions do
> not separate us from the altar.
>
> 892. If in differing we condemned, you would be right. Uniformity without
> diversity is useless to others; diversity without uniformity is ruinous fo=