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“The pastor cannot stray from participating in social life, but must participate in his capacity of the bearer of the laws of Christ and a representative of the Church. A clergyman cannot turn into a simple political or social activist, forgetting the main essence of his service, and his task. The kingdom ‘is not of this world’ (John 18:36), and Christ did not establish an earthly kingdom. Refraining from becoming a political leader and avoiding partisan conflicts, the pastor can cast spiritual light upon the phenomena of this world, so that his flock could know the way to which to adhere, and would be Christians in both their personal and their social lives.” —St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco #Orthodox #catholic #ecumenism #socialgospel #socialjustice