"The Church represents a complete spiritual civilization, a conserver of values, were it not for her, every new spiritual genius who arose would have to begin at the beginning, at the Stone Age of the soul. Instead of that, such geniuses find themselves placed within a social order enriched by all the contributions of their great predecessors. The bridges are built; the roads are made and named; their own experiences and discoveries are made more valid, less terrifying, more conprehensible to them, because others have been this way before." --Evelyn Underhill
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