id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195708 Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978. Pope Paul VI to all religious : address of May 23, 1964. 1964 .txt text/plain 3141 106 56 Therefore, it has seemed good to Us to recall here the priceless importance and necessary function of religious life; for this stable way of life, which receives its proper character from profession of the evangelical vows, is a perfect way of living accord- ing to the example and teaching of Jesus Christ. The Religious State and Other Ways of Life However, we must be on guard lest, for this very reason, the true notion of religious life as it has traditionally 6 flourished in the Church, should become obscured. cache/_005195708.txt txt/_005195708.txt