The most he would do was to promise that the gates of hell should not prevail against it. It is about all that, looking back on the history of the Church, one can feel that they have not done.

Quote by Charles Williams

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Hell is indefinite.

Hell is indefinite.

Hell is indefinite

Hell is indefinite

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The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to...

Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and...

Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and...

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The famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like...