[241] Ib. pp. 152, 153.
[242] S. Matthew xvi. 4.
[243] 3 Kings xix. 11, 12.
[244] Deuteronomy xxxiii. 27.
[245] In the Cité Mystique of the Blessed Marie d’Agreda there are one or two passages which indicate a belief that the Blessed Virgin was more than once admitted to the Beatific Vision before her Assumption. Of course the assertion is not of faith. Possibly it may admit of a more modified explanation. On the other hand, Our Lady being equally free from original as from actual sin, it is more rash to attempt to limit her privileges than to suppose them absolutely exceptional.
[246] Romans xi. 34.
[247] In other words, theirs is a more imperfect being than ours; though whether its imperfection is to exclude all idea of their having a fuller development whereby and in which they will be indemnified for their sinless share in fallen man’s punishment is still an open question.
[248] We say liberalism, but we might say Freemasonry; for, as we all know, Masonry is merely organized liberalism.
[249] The Idea of a University, p. 469.
[250] Notes of a Traveller, pp. 402, 403.