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To: gbcdoj
Leo XIII talks about true vs. false liberty/fraternity/equality in there that document:

"Wherefore, not without cause do We use this occasion to state again what We have stated elsewhere, namely, that the Third Order of St. Francis, whose discipline We a little while ago prudently mitigated, should be studiously promoted and sustained; for the whole object of this Order, as constituted by its founder, is to invite men to an imitation of Jesus Christ, to a love of the Church, and to the observance of all Christian virtues; and therefore it ought to be of great influence in suppressing the contagion of wicked societies. Let, therefore, this holy sodality be strengthened by a daily increase. Amongst the many benefits to be expected from it will be the great benefit of drawing the minds of men to liberty, fraternity, and equality of right; not such as the Freemasons absurdly imagine, but such as Jesus Christ obtained for the human race and St. Francis aspired to: the liberty, We mean, of sons of God, through which we may be free from slavery to Satan or to our passions, both of them most wicked masters; the fraternity whose origin is in God, the common Creator and Father of all; the equality which, founded on justice and charity, does not take away all distinctions among men, but, out of the varieties of life, of duties, and of pursuits, forms that union and that harmony which naturally tend to the benefit and dignity of society."

Everything comes down to the real vs. the mimicry of it.
7 posted on 08/27/2004 10:11:54 PM PDT by pascendi (Quicumque vult salvus esse, ante omnia opus est, ut teneat catholicam fidem)
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To: pascendi

Leo XIII knew that his successors were going to kill many Catholics; nothing stopped it, and his succesor (Pius X) became the latest canonized saint (from the popes of his era, and ever since). God bless St. Pius X (and not anybody that attached themselves to him to make a point).

Viva!


8 posted on 08/27/2004 11:27:07 PM PDT by Tuco Ramirez (Ideas have consequences.)
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