(THE CHURCH AND POLITICS {1} [continued(3)])[4th April 1987]

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The Government has no soul to be saved: the Church, in the shape of its Ministers and its Members, should do what it feels it should for the poor according to the Spirit of Christ's words, and preach to all of us, including but not especially members of the Government, what we should do and why we should do it as Individuals*, then leave us to make our own decisions. We are not likely to abolish the Welfare State. Does the Church** care more for the state of Men's bodies than for their Souls?

*both individually and through Institutions. <890930>  Institutions, however, are intimately interconnected with Individuals. <890930>

**(as such)(=?)

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