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CHAPTER V.

That our Lord Jesus Christ has not triumphed over the world by the sanctity of his doctrines, or by prophecies and miracles, but in spite of all these things.

The Father is love, and through love he sent his son into the world, the Son is love, and he sent the Holy Ghost through love; the Holy Ghost is love, and he inspires the Church perpetually with his love; the Church is love, and she will inflame the world with the same spirit of love. Those who do not comprehend, or who have forgotten this, are entirely ignorant of the supernatural and secret cause of evident and natural phenomena; of the invisible cause of all that is visible; of that which binds the temporal to the eternal; of the most secret impulses of the soul; and of the manner in which the Holy Spirit acts in man, Providence in society, and God in history.

Our Lord Jesus Christ did not conquer the world by his wonderful doctrine. Had he only been a teacher of surprising tenets, the world would have admired him for a moment and then forgotten both the doctrine and the man. Astonishing as was his doctrine, it was only embraced by a few among the common people, always despised by the greater portion of the Jewish nation and was unknown to mankind during the life of the Master.

Our Lord Jesus Christ did not conquer the world by his miracles. Among those who saw him change the

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