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_005195823	Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.	States of perfection : address of His Holiness Pope Pius XII to the Second General Congress of the States of Perfection, December 12, 1957.	1957		.txt	text/plain	4248	172	59	One can, in fact, encounter heroic Christian perfection, that of the Gospel and of Christ’s Cross, outside of every “state of perfection.” 10 We therefore understand the tendency toward perfection as an habitual disposition of the Christian soul through which, not content to fulfill the duties that devolve upon it under threat of sin, it surrenders itself entirely to God to love and serve Him, and consecrates itself for this same purpose to the service of its fellow man. The ideal of Christian perfection is derived from the teach- ings of Christ and in particular from the evangelical coun- sels.	cache/_005195823.txt	txt/_005195823.txt