The Church Stripped of Everything Except Faith
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1610 AD — Annecy, France
The Church will be stripped of all earthly possessions and temporal power. She will lose her lands, her wealth, her political influence. But it is precisely in this poverty that she will find her true strength. A Church that has nothing to offer but Christ will be more powerful than a Church that has everything.
Writings and sermons of St. Francis de Sales