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Then why, by broadcasting, try to destroy the faith of Protestants here? Is it wrong for Protestants there, but right for Catholics here where they are only a small percentage of the population?

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The fact that there is but a small percentage of Catholics here has nothing to do with the question of right or wrong. If so, where Catholicism is the prevalent religion you would have to admit its right to exclude Protestantism. Or again, you would have to admit the truth of Mahometanism where that religion […]

Then why, by broadcasting, try to destroy the faith of Protestants here? Is it wrong for Protestants there, but right for Catholics here where they are only a small percentage of the population? Read More »

If Christ were God, He could not be guilty of an unjust action. Yet when casting devils out of a possessed man, He accepted their suggestion that they should destroy swine which were the property of an innocent man.

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The ordinary laws of justice which prevail between men cannot be applied to Christ in this matter. It would perhaps be unjust for an ordinary man to do such a thing, granting that he were capable of such power. But God alone is capable of such things, and the very divinity of the power Christ

If Christ were God, He could not be guilty of an unjust action. Yet when casting devils out of a possessed man, He accepted their suggestion that they should destroy swine which were the property of an innocent man. Read More »

I call myself religious, follow truth wherever it leads, and am not afraid of gods, devils, or clergymen. Is that sin?

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You may follow what you think to be the truth, but how do you know that it is the truth? If because you think so, is there no possibility of mistake? If you accept ideas because wise men have uttered them, remember that equally wise men have denied them. You need not be afraid of

I call myself religious, follow truth wherever it leads, and am not afraid of gods, devils, or clergymen. Is that sin? Read More »

The Church of England is Catholic because she is sending missionaries throughout the whole world as far as possible.

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Other Protestant Churches are doing as much as the Church of England in this matter, yet you will not admit that they are Catholic because of that. But apart from that, what does the word Catholic really mean in its technical Christian sense? It does not refer to area alone. To be really Catholic a

The Church of England is Catholic because she is sending missionaries throughout the whole world as far as possible. Read More »

If I sincerely believe that there is no God, and there be a God, would not invincible ignorance save me?

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Such ignorance is not invincible. You can overcome it. You violated your reason in suppressing its spontaneous concept of God, and by persuading yourself that religion is false. If you took the pressure off your reason and let it swing back to the Supreme Cause of its very being, it would do so as the

If I sincerely believe that there is no God, and there be a God, would not invincible ignorance save me? Read More »

But you cannot deny that the Church exerts political influence, in the face of all the political diplomats at the Vatican.

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The Church devotes her energies to the assisting of men in their spiritual needs. But since they are human beings in this world, these spiritual needs are often bound up with earthly cares. For men’s bodily needs the Church has inspired the construction of institutions, homes, orphanages, and hospitals, throughout the world. In national and

But you cannot deny that the Church exerts political influence, in the face of all the political diplomats at the Vatican. Read More »

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