For Democracy Is A Method Of Finding

Nothing We Do, However Virtuous, Can Be Accomplished Alone; Therefore, We Are Saved By Love. No Virtuous Act Is Quite As Virtuous From The Standpoint Of Our Friend Or Foe As It Is From Our Own Standpoint. Therefore We Must Be Saved By The Final Form Of Love, Which Is Forgiveness.

The Churches That Are Most Obviously Democratic Are Most Obviously Given To Race Prejudice. I Mean The Churches That Have Absolute Congregational Control.

You Might Get Rid Of The Bishop And Get To The Local Ku Klux Klan Leader. That, On The Whole, Has Been The Fate Of Certain Types Of Protestantism. They Get Under The Control Of A White Citizens Council While The Catholic Church Has An Authoritarian System, Yes, In Which The Bishop Expresses The Conscience Of The Whole Christian Community And They Say There Are Some Things That You Can't Do On This Matter.

A Church Has The Right To Set Its Own Standards Within Its Community. I Don't Think It Has A Right To Prohibit Birth Control Or To Enforce Upon A Secular Society Its Conception Of Divorce And The Indissolubility Of The Marriage Tie.

There Has Been A Religious Revival Because - Let Me Put It Like This, The People That Weren't Traditionally Religious, Conventionally Religious, Had A Religion Of Their Own In My Youth. These Were Liberals Who Believed In The Idea Of Progress Or They Were Marxists. Both Of These Secular Religions Have Broken Down.