“Some say they are not bound by the doctrine which teaches that the Mystical Body of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church are one and the same thing. Some reduce to a meaningless formula the necessity of belonging to the true Church in order to gain eternal salvation. Others finally belittle the reasonable character of the credibility of Christian Faith. These and like errors, it is clear, have crept in among certain of our sons who are deceived by imprudent zeal for souls or by false science.” SoulCharacterBodyChristianCertainOrderChristChurchTeachClearSonEternalGainsCatholicSalvationErrorsBoundsDoctrineReasonableBelongingFormulasMeaninglessMysticalDeceivedCredibilityZealCatholic ChurchChristian FaithBelittleBody Of ChristRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Pope Pius XII
“The preaching of the faith has lost nothing of its relevance in our times. The Church has a sacred duty to proclaim it without any whittling-down, just as Christ revealed it, and no consideration of time or circumstance can lessen the strictness of this obligation.” LostChristChurchDutyCircumstancesSacredSalvationObligationOur TimeConsiderationPreachingRelevanceWhittling Author:Pope Pius XII
“True Christianity today is not different from primitive Christianity ... She remains what she has been since her foundation: always the same.” Has BeensDifferentTodayChristianityFoundationRemainsSalvationPrimitiveTrue Christianity Author:Pope Pius XII
“All people and each individual man is called to come into the Church.” PeopleMenIndividualChurchSalvation Author:Pope Pius XII
“Above all, the state of grace is absolutely necessary at the moment of death; without it, salvation and supernatural happiness the beatific vision of God - are impossible.” StatesMomentsVisionGraceImpossibleSalvation Author:Pope Pius XII
“Salvation and justice are not to be found in revolution, but in evolution through concord. Violence has ever achieved only destruction, not construction; the kindling of passions, not their pacification; the accumulation of hate and destruction, not the reconciliation of the contending parties; and it has reduced men and parties to the difficult task of building slowly after sad experience on the ruins of discord.” MenHatePassionFoundDifficultJusticePartyViolenceBuildingRevolutionEvolutionAchievementTasksDestructionSalvationRuinsConstructionReconciliationAccumulationDiscordDifficult TasksContendingKindling Author:Pope Pius XII
“O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou, who art the Seat of Wisdom, enlighten the minds wretchedly enfolded in the darkness of ignorance and sin, that they may clearly recognize the Holy, Catholic, Roman Church to be the only true Church of Jesus Christ, outside of which neither sanctity nor salvation can be found.” MindLooksMayArtEyeMotherFoundJesusChristChurchSinPoorDarknessIgnoranceHolyJesus ChristMercyCatholicSalvationTheeSeatsSinnerMaryRefugeEnlighteningSanctityHeretic Author:Pope Pius XII
“By divine mandate the interpreter and guardian of the Scriptures, and the depository of Sacred Tradition living within her, the Church alone is the entrance to salvation: She alone, by herself, and under the protection and guidance of the Holy Spirit, is the source of truth.” SpiritChurchDivineSourceHolyTraditionSacredSalvationProtectionScriptureGuidanceHoly SpiritGuardianEntrancesMandatesInterpreter Author:Pope Pius XII
“The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts. . . If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it is your duty to give it up.” IfsGivingKindImportantSoulBodySpiritualCertainSinDutyComfortDressesSalvationNeighborGravesOccasionsYour SoulWelfareModesty Author:Pope Pius XII
