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No Member Of The Faithful Could Possibly Deny That The Church Is Competent In Her Magisterium To Interpret The Natural Moral Law.

We Consider Christmas As The Encounter, The Great Encounter, The Historical Encounter, The Decisive Encounter, Between God And Mankind. He Who Has Faith Knows This Truly; Let Him Rejoice.

Perhaps The Lord Has Called Me And Preserved Me For This Service Not Because I Am Particularly Fit For It, Or So That I Can Govern And Rescue The Church From Her Present Difficulties, But So That I Can Suffer Something For The Church, And In That Way It Will Be Clear That He, And No Other, Is Her Guide And Saviour

Of All Human Activities, Man's Listening To God Is The Supreme Act Of His Reasoning And Will.

The Freedom Or Immunity From Coercion In Matters Religious, Which Is The Endowment Of Persons As Individuals, Is Also To Be Recognized As Their Right When They Act In Community. Religious Communities Are A Requirement Of The Social Nature Both Of Man And Of Religion Itself.