Do Not Bury Our Glorious Orthodoxy In

How Often Has Not The Parallel Been Drawn And The Golden Age Of The Roman Empire, When The External Brilliancy Of Life Likewise Dazzled The Eye, Notwithstanding That The Social Diagnosis Could Yield No Other Verdict Than 'rotten To The Very Core'?

... We Have Gratefully To Receive From The Hand Of God The Institution Of The State With Its Magistrates As A Means Of Preservation.... On The Other Hand ... By Virtue Of Our Natural Impulse, We Must Ever Watch Against The Danger Which Lurks For Our Personal Liberty In The Power Of The State.

The Sovereignty Of The State As The Power That Protects The Individual And That Defines The Mutual Relationships Among The Visible Spheres, Rises High Above Them By Its Right To Command And Compel. But Within These Spheres ... Another Authority Rules, An Authority That Descends Directly From God Apart From The State. This Authority The State Does Not Confer But Acknowledges.

Do Not Bury Our Glorious Orthodoxy In The Treacherous Pit Of A Spurious Conservatism.

When The Principles That Run Against Your Deepest Convictions Begin To Win The Day, Then The Battle Is Your Calling, And Peace Has Become Sin. You Must At The Price Of Dearest Peace Lay Your Convictions Bare Before Friend And Enemy With All The Fire Of Your Faith.