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Million Book Collection - The Fishers of Men Ministries

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390 THK FORMATION OF CHRISTENDOMantichristian revolution burst in the full force <strong>of</strong> itshurricane upon European society, the blast which itblew was <strong>of</strong> man's rights, but the order which itattacked rested upon man's duties. Obedience is thespring <strong>of</strong> those duties which he owes as a creature.In the first three centuries <strong>of</strong> her course-the period<strong>of</strong> persecution - the Church had immutably basedher society upon the principle <strong>of</strong> obedience. Shecould not do otherwise, because she is the Kingdom<strong>of</strong> Christ, the Just Servant ; and she made thisprinciple the foundation <strong>of</strong> all her works, carryingit out consistently, and applying it first in theRoman State, and then in every State which sheformed.It was then by the example <strong>of</strong> Christ in His absoluteobedience that she healed the

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