Friday, June 20, 2008

"[T]he kingdom of good will never be definitively established in this world"

Pope Benedict XVI says it, I believe it, and that settles it!


Why?

Because it's based on Sacred Scripture!

Source: "This Rock" magazine, April 2008. Dr. Christopher Kaczor's article Man Needs Hope to Live.

Page 28, the pope's words:

"Since man always remains free and since his freedom is always fragile, the kingdom of good will never be definitively established in this world.

"Anyone who promises the better world that is guaranteed to last for ever is making a false promise; he is overlooking human freedom."


"Freedom must constantly be won over for the cause of good..."


"Freedom must constantly be won over for the cause of good.

"Free assent to the good never exists simply by itself.

"If there were structures which could irrevocably guarantee a determined -- good -- state of the world, man's freedom would be denied, and hence they would not be good structures at all. (SS 24)"

Note: SS = Spes Salvi == Pope Benedict's encyclical .

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