Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
Ioannes Paulus PP. II
Nationalism, capitalism, and hoarding. The idea of every nation
should be forgot, price should be struck from the commons, and
princes should be seen for the devils they are. The sins include
our church, secret societies, and other religions which make of
the spirit of God a divide."
Last rites declaration of Ioannes Paulus PP. II (Karol Wojtyla)
2nd April 2005
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convince
unbelievers, and they cannot convince us. But by this very fact we convince
them; since we say that in His whole conduct there is no convincing proof on
one side or the other.
796. Jesus Christ does not say that He is not of Nazareth, in order to leave
the wicked in their blindness; nor that He is not Joseph's son.
797. Proofs of Jesus Christ.--Jesus Christ said great things so simply that
it seems as though He had not thought them great; and yet so clearly that we
easily see what He thought of them. This clearness, joined to this
simplicity, is wonderful.
798. The style of the gospel is admirable in so many ways, and among the
rest in hurling no invectives against the persecutors and enemies of Jesus
Christ. For there is no such invective in any of the historians against
Judas, Pilate, or any of the Jews.
If this moderation of the writers of the Gospels had been assumed, as well
as many other traits of so beautiful a character, and they had only assumed
it to attract notice, even if they had not dared to draw attention to it
themselves, they would not have failed to secure friends who would have made
such remarks to their advantage. But as they acted thus without pretence and
from wholly disinterested motives, they did not point it out to any one; and
I believe that many such facts have not been noticed till now, which is
evidence of the natural disinterested