J. W. C. Wand quotes and words of wisdom |  | "Almost everywhere political secularization was accompanied at length
by a general decrease in religious observance. Theological matters ceased
to be, if they had ever genuinely been, the main interest of the people.
This does not mean that religion died out: far from it. But it became the
interest, not of the whole, but of a section of the people. The Church,
instead of being a recognized ruling authority, became what its Founder
said it was, a little yeast in a large lump of dough. In some countries it
barely maintained the right to exist; in others it had to adapt its methods
to new conditions. But wherever possible it has continued openly to pursue
the same ends, and has not ceased to declare what it believes to be the
will of God even in the political sphere. Indeed, we may recognize a gain
in the new situation. What it could once do by authority, it now seeks to
do by persuasion." | |  | Found in the topic Politics.
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