44 The Eugenics Review and how many errors would become mixed with the truth, if it were left solely to the light of reason of each to find it out, or if it were to be discovered by the private interpretation of the truth which is revealed... " ... it is necessary that a filial and humble obedience towards the Church should be combined with devotedness to God and the desire of submitting to Him... "Wherefore, let the faithful also be on their guard against the overrated independence of private judgment and that falst autonomy of human reason." A Call To A Crusade While we must admire the beauty and dignity of the language, the courage which inspires it, we must sadly realize that there can henceforth be no truce between ourselves, who seek our own salvation by our own way, and the crusaders of Rome. For this seems much more than a call to individual Catholics to revert to mediaevalism: it is, if our reading is correct, a call to a crusade against freedom of thought and action in the modern State. Not only may no Catholic procure or allow abortion, even to save the woman's life, but all Catholics seem to be adjured to force that prohibition on their governmentsl not only may no Catholic seek dissolution of marriage, but none, it appears, may support a government which allows divorce; not only is contraception declared unholy, but seemingly it must henceforth be made illegal; not only may no Catholic be sterilized compulsorily, but no free-thinker apparently shall seek the operation for himself. That, at least, is our interpretation, for the attitude seems to be implicit in many of the passages already quoted and to inspire the tone of the whole Encyclical. See --- "But especially, as we have pointed out, Venerable Brethren, the daily increasing facility of divorce is an obstacle to the restoration of marriage to that state of perfection which the divine Redeemer willed it should possess. "The advocates of the neo-paganism of to-day have learned nothing from the sad state of affairs, but instead day by day, more and more vehemently, they continue by legislation to attack the indissolubility of the marriage bond, proclaiming that the lawfulness of divorce must be recognized, and that the antiquated laws should give place to a new and more humane legislation... "Opposed to all these reckless opinions, Venerable Brethren, stands the unalterable law of God, fully confirmed by Christ, [italics]a law that can never be deprived of its force by the decrees of men, the ideas of a people or the will of any legislator: 'What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder"...[end italics] "Moreover, [italics]these words refer to every kind of marriage, even that which is natural and legitimate only;[end italics] for, as has already been observed, that indissolubility by which the loosening of the bondis once and for all removed from the whim of the parties and from every secular power is a property of every true marriage... "Now all these arguments that brought forward to prove the indissolubility of the marriage tie, arguments which have already been touched upon, can equally be applied to excluding not only the necessity of divorce, [italics]but even the power to grant it. ..."[end italics] And again, "Just laws must be made for the protection of chastity, for reciprocal conjugal aid, and for similar purposes, and these must be [italics]faithfully enforced[end italics].... "Hence we earnestly exhort in the Lord all those who hold the reins of power that they establish and maintain firmly harmony and friendship with this Church of Christ so that through the united activity and energy of both powers the tremendous evils, fruits of those wanton liberties which assail both marriage and the family, and are a menace to both Church and State, may be effectively frustrated. [end]