For Humanism Also Appeals To Man As

The Church As A Divine Society Possess An Internal Principle Of Life Which Is Capable Of Assimilating The Most Diverse Materials And Imprinting Her Own Image Upon Them.

Yet Humanitarianism Is Not A Purely Christian Movement Any More Than It Is A Purely Humanist One

You Can Give Men Food And Leisure And Amusements And Good Conditions Of Work, And Still They Will Remain Unsatisfied. You Can Deny Them All These Things, And They Will Not Complain So Long As They Feel That They Have Something To Die For

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.

No Civilisation, Not Even That Of Ancient Greece, Has Ever Undergone Such A Continuous And Profound Process Of Change As Western Europe Has Done During The Last 900 Years. It Is Impossible To Explain This Fact In Purely Economic Terms By A Materialistic Interpretation Of History. The Principle Of Change Has Been A Spiritual One And The Progress Of Western Civilisation Is Intimately Related To The Dynamic Ethos Of Western Christianity, Which Has Gradually Made Western Man Conscious Of His Moral Responsibility And His Duty To Change The World.