I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.
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However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.
If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing.
I think we are all trying to figure out what it means to be the Church as opposed to just doing church.
In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of bearing.
May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen.
If there were more temple work done in the Church, there would be less of selfishness, less of contention, less of demeaning others.
When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.
The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and bishops, who have the care of souls, are at the service of the people of God.
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