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Christ Did Not Found An Abstract Religion, A Mere School Of Religious Thought. He Setup A Community Of Apostles, Of Teachers, With The Task Of Spreading His Message And So Giving Rise To A Society Of Believers: His Church. He Promised The Spirit Of Truth To His Church And Then Sent Him.

The Freedom Or Immunity From Coercion In Matters Religious, Which Is The Endowment Of Persons As Individuals, Is Also To Be Recognized As Their Right When They Act In Community. Religious Communities Are A Requirement Of The Social Nature Both Of Man And Of Religion Itself.

Peace Is Not Merely The Absence Of War. Nor Can It Be Reduced Solely To The Maintenance Of A Balance Of Power Between Enemies. Nor Is It Brought About By Dictatorship. Instead, It Is Rightly And Appropriately Called "an Enterprise Of Justice" (is. 32:7). Peace Results From That Order Structured Into Human Society By Its Divine Founder, And Actualized By Men As They Thirst After Ever Greater Justice.

To Wage War On Misery And To Struggle Against Injustice Is To Promote, Along With Improved Conditions, The Human And Spiritual Progress Of All Men, And Therefore The Common Good Of Humanity. Peace Cannot Be Limited To A Mere Absence Of War, The Result Of An Ever Precarious Balance Of Forces. No, Peace Is Something That Is Built Up Day After Day, In The Pursuit Of An Order Intended By God, Which Implies A More Perfect Form Of Justice Among Men.