The Perfect Societies: Church & State
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Of the two perfect societies – the Church and the State - the Church is the more elevated. What does “perfect” mean in this case?
I have seen progressivists laugh at the Church, saying: “Traditionalist Catholics say that the Church is a perfect society, but look at this or that Pope who was imperfect. How can the Church call herself a perfect society?” This kind of objection only proves that the person making it has no idea what he is talking about.
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