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In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

Simone Weil
Church, Degenerates, Belief
Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.284, Routledge

A society like the Church, which claims to be Divine is perhaps more dangerous on account of the ersatz good which it contains then on account of the evil which sullies it. Something of the social labelled divine: an intoxicating mixture which carries with it every sort of license. Devil disguised.

Simone Weil
Evil, Church, Mixtures
Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.166, Psychology Press

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