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_005197844	Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.	Pope Pius XII to the convention of all religious : December 8, 1950 in Rome	1954		.txt	text/plain	5888	209	61	If We, by the Apostolic Constitution Provida Mater Ecclesia, have declared that that form of life, which the Secular Institutes follow, must be considered and publicly acknowledged as a state of evangelical perfection, since their mem- 11 bers are bound in some way to observe the evangelical counsels, this fact in no way contra- dicts what We have just said. There is certainly nothing to prevent clerics from uniting together in Secular Institutes in order that by their choice of this way of life they may seek the state of evangelical perfection, but in that case they are truly in the state of acquiring perfection, not because they are clerics but because they are members of the Secular Institute.	cache/_005197844.txt	txt/_005197844.txt