id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195340 McIntyre, Bonaventure. Characteristic Christian ideals, 1936 .txt text/plain 9988 482 74 And just as surely as every maxim of his rule came from Rome, so surely did every yearning of his heart come from the gospel of Christ; and nothing was dearer to him than to restore all things after the pat- tern of the gospel, to build again in the world a very real democracy based upon the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, a flourishing kingdom spanning all nations and joining all skies, a kingdom where the lowly might sit above the proud and where the gentle in spirit might be exalted above the dignitaries of this world ; for the cornerstone of this Sodality would be a love so great it would break down the barrier of caste and eschew political in- terest, which has taken its toll of millions from the days of the Ptolemies. So I say to you at the beginning: if man or devil ever insinuates anything against God’s teach- ings do not be so foolish as to honor the insinuation and thus dishonor God. cache/_005195340.txt txt/_005195340.txt