The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edif…

Thomas Merton
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The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of a certain type of Christian thought has seriously impaired this capacity, which nonviolence must recover. ✨ Thomas Merton (1976). Thomas Merton: On Peace, Andrew Mowbray Incorporated, Publishers
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