The Curse Should No Longer Rest Upon

... 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.

To Have Faith In The Word, Scripture Must Not Grasp Us In Our Critical Thought, But In The Life Of The Soul.

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.

The Seminaries Must Be Like The Churches' Poor Relations, Prolonging Their Existence With Austerity.

The Motive Of Art Comes To Us Not From What Exists, But From The Notion That There Is Something Higher, Something Nobler, Something Richer, And That What Exists Corresponds Only Partially To All Of This.