Church Quote by Christopher Dawson

“It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human culture. For she is essentially a supernatural organism which transcends human cultures and transforms them to her own ends.”

Christopher Dawson

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Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being.

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“Culture was actually humanity’s attempt to extend the womb.”

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