The Present Age Has Seen A Great

Faith Transcends Reason Because Divine Truth Is Not Only Higher, But Also Wider Than The Human Mind, And The Rationalist In His Haste For Premature Simplification Always Tends To Shut His Eyes To One Aspect Of The Truth And To Seek A False Harmony Of Thought By The Sacrifice Of An Essential Element Of Reality.

The Intercourse Between The Mediterranean And The North Or Between The Atlantic And Central Europe Was Never Purely Economic Or Political; It Also Meant The Exchange Of Knowledge And Ideas And The Influence Of Social Institutions And Artistic And Literary Forms

As I Have Pointed Out, It Is The Christian Tradition That Is The Most Fundamental Element In Western Culture. It Lies At The Base Not Only Of Western Religion, But Also Of Western Morals And Western Social Idealism.

It Is Impossible For Us To Understand The Church If We Regard Her As Subject To The Limitations Of Human Culture. For She Is Essentially A Supernatural Organism Which Transcends Human Cultures And Transforms Them To Her Own Ends.

And So, Today, If The State Can No Longer Appeal To The Old Moral Principles That Belong To The Christian Tradition, It Will Be Forced To Create A New Official Faith And New Moral Principles Which Will Be Binding On Its Citizens.