The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her own image upon them.

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The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.

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...

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

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

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....

And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles...

And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are...

Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of...

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of...

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage...

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage...

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...

It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature,...

It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature,...