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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555. "Compare not thyself with others, but with Me. If thou dost not find Me
in those with whom thou comparest thyself, thou comparest thyself to one who
is abominable. If thou findest Me in them, compare thyself to Me. But whom
wilt thou compare? Thyself, or Me in thee? If it is thyself, it is one who
is abominable. If it is I, thou comparest Me to Myself. Now I am God in all.
"I speak to thee, and often counsel thee, because thy director cannot speak
to thee, for I do not want thee to lack a guide.
"And perhaps I do so at his prayers, and thus he leads thee without thy
seeing it. Thou wouldst not seek Me, if thou didst not possess Me.
"Be not therefore troubled."
SECTION VIII: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
556.... Men blaspheme what they do not know. The Christian religion consists
in two points. It is of equal concern to men to know them, and it is equally
dangerous to be ignorant of them. And it is equally of God's mercy that He
has given indications of both.
And yet they take occasion to conclude that one of these points does not
exist, from that which should have caused them to infer the other. The sages
who have said there is only one God have been persecuted, the J