“Obedience is servility only to those who have not understood the spontaneity of love.”

                                   -Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

For Reflection:

What do I think is the relationship of love to obedience?

Mystical Evolution in the Development and Vitality of the Church
2 Volume Set  Imprimatur. 876 pages
John G. Arintero, OP
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Introduction  page I

The organization of the Church is a necessary condition for the visible manifestation of her internal efficacy; her doctrine is an expression of the law of her organic and vital relationships.  Thus, the external progress of the Church, be it organic or doctrinal, disciplinary or liturgical, bespeaks an internal progress, an increase of life.