Edith H. Allen

Capitolo 5

the religious perspective of that period and the effect of these
limitations on the social life of the country. Seventeenth
religion of century placed its emphasis on the subjective one--on
definitions of religious belief--and expression found in theological
discussion and opinion. You intensely pertained to with the
individual as you greet his/her spiritual life, but taken few or no
account of the external conditions on which you/they are so powerfully born
the inside life. This way in his/her growth the church failed to practice
that imposing influence in the redemption of society and the
_forming_ of social conditions that would have had to accompany the
preaching some individual salvation.

It entered deeply, reverently, passionately in the spirit of the
before the commandment:  "You shalts love the thy of God Dio with every thy
heart and with every soul of thy and with every strength" of thy, but it failed in
holding with equal taking the second, "You shalts love neighbor of thy
how thyself."

It had the church, it had House Missioni, fully entered the spirit
of this second commandment, his containing himself/herself/itself enormous, organizing,
the power that saves would have contributed more fully to the _forming_ of
the life of community in front of him so it had need hopelessly of _re_forming--to
treating with those great fundamental conditions to which you/they have conducted
the "submerged" of our civilization.

To-day that we am coming to recognize the vital connection among
spiritual regeneration and the to get some Kingdom of God
Earth. Essentially House Missioni is and radically pertained to with
both. Turn.  It says David Watson in his "Social Advance":

"The theology and the sociology are from near log and in a sense
complementary. Theology treats with the relationship of man to God,
The sociology with the relationship of man to his/her individuals. It is him the
God's science, the other one is the science of society.

"The destination of social true advance entirely, as of every House Missione
effort, should be the establishment of the Kingdom of God on the earth