And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced to create a new official faith and new moral principles which will be binding on…

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As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life...

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life...

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and...

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then...

As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental...

As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental...

The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects,...

The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects,...

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what...

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what...

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe...

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe...

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common...

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common...

Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the...

Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the...

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable...

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable...

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and...

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and...

Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely...

Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely...

No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than...

No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than...

It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture....

It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture....

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities...

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities...

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of...

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of...

Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics...

Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics...

It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject...

It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject...