Thought for the Day 8 January 2010

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Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Friday, January 8th, 2010
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It is considered, and justly, as an evidence for Christianity, that the ablest men have been Christians; not that all sagacious or profound minds have taken up its profession, but that it has gained victories among them, such and so many, as to show that it is not the mere fact of ability or learning which is the reason why all are not converted. Such, too, is the characteristic of Catholicity; not the highest in rank, not the meanest, not the most refined, not the rudest, is beyond the influence of the Church; she includes specimens of every class among her children.

From the discourse ‘Prospects of the Catholic Missioner’ (1849) Click here for the full text (leaves site)