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CHAPTER LXXXIV

MILITARISM CONTRARY TO THE LAW OF CHRIST (CONTINUED)

And if there are some who object saying,. . "We have nothing to do with spiritual things and we cannot unterstand religious matters; we are plenty busy with this world and our military callingThe Objections
of "Practical" Secularists
– how could we understand religious problems and enquire after them?" there is a short answer for them: If one is a Christian and takes interest in the things of this world, he is abandoning Christ and cannot understand the benefits of Christ's religion; his faith is of no avail, his baptism is of no use, and his belief in purgatory is in vain.. . . Therefore, with their shameful sins they deny Jesus Christ. They add their cruelties to his wounds.. . .

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