Author: Timothy CaseyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364246443
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Excerpt from Circular Letter Addressed to the Clergy of the Diocese of Saint John We are far away in time and space from the Redemption, but we are fully aware that its power is undiminished and its benefits unending. I came to save that which was lost, said the Redeemer of men. It was the human race that was lost, and, therefore. In the designs of God, as long as the generation of men lasts, the power and graces of the Redemption are applicable to them. But this power and these graces were committed in their entirety to the Church, since her mission our Lord identified with His own, and indeed considered it the continuation of His, Himself present and acting through her: As the Father sent me, so I send you. Go teach all nations, baptizing them And behold I am with you all days Hence when truths are diminished among men, when the decadence of the religious spirit in the world rends the heart with grief, how consoling to learn that the watchword of our admirable Pontiff is not difi'erent from that conceived in the counsels of God, and recorded by the Apostle two thousand years ago to restore all things in Christ. However evil the days in which we live, they are far superior to those of Saint Paul when he first pro claimed this consoling truth to the world, and lookingback we can see that its fulfilment has been effected. It now comes to us as an inspired oracle renewed, and we cannot withhold our confidence in the divine power and goodness for its second realization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.