The Light of the East July 1940

Whatever his caste wha98 THE LIGHT OF THE EAST"ever his class whatever the position he occupies in society the true saint is also the true gentleman not indeed the gentlman of Emerson the man of grace of accomplishment of social power" but the gentleman of Chaucer's Tale `.` Prive and apart and most intended aye. [...] THE LIGHT OF THE EAST 101"Furthermore that concrete institution which is the American democracy the spirit of which is expressed in our Constitution and reflected in the constitutions of the several States of the Union embodies certain profound ethical principles: priciples which pay no mere lip service to the dignity and liberty of the human person but which epressly safeguard and c [...] In the definition usually given of democracy " the government of the people by the people and for the people " Catholics place the emphasis on the last part " for the people " whereas common usage places it on the second part " by the people ". This is a most important difference. [...] It the eyes of Catholics on the contrary the composition of the ruling body and the mode of its appointment are of secondary importance. [...] As the first man (adifiuntska) was prcduced by Divine sakalfia (will) so was the body of Jesus Christ whom we hold to be the adifiterusha of the spiritual world formed by the power of the Spirit of God and not by the usual process of procreation.