Thelatter, atlast, answeredhim, notcondescendingly, asAlyoshahadfeared, butwithmodestyandreserve, withevidentgoodwillandapparentlywithouttheslightestarrière-pensée.
"Istartfromthepositionthatthisconfusionofelements, thatis, oftheessentialprinciplesofChurchandState, will, ofcourse, goonforever, inspiteofthefactthatitisimpossibleforthemtomingle, andthattheconfusionoftheseelementscannotleadtoanyconsistentorevennormalresults, , forinstance, jurisdiction, is, tomythinking, , onthecontrary, thattheChurchoughttoincludethewholeState, andnotsimplytooccupyacornerinit, and, ifthisis, forsomereason, impossibleatpresent, thenitought, inreality, tobesetupasthedirectandchiefaimofthefuturedevelopmentofChristiansociety!"
"Perfectlytrue," FatherPa?ssy, thesilentandlearnedmonk, assentedwithfervoranddecision.
"ThepurestUltramontanism!" criedMiüsovimpatiently, crossingandrecrossinghislegs.
"Oh, well, wehavenomountains," criedFatherIosif, andturningtotheelderhecontinued: "Observetheanswerhemakestothefollowing 'fundamentalandessential' propositionsofhisopponent, whois, youmustnote, , that 'nosocialorganizationcanoroughttoarrogatetoitselfpowertodisposeofthecivicandpoliticalrightsofitsmembers.' Secondly, that 'criminalandciviljurisdictionoughtnottobelongtotheChurch, andisinconsistentwithitsnature, bothasadivineinstitutionandasanorganizationofmenforreligiousobjects,' and, finally, inthethirdplace, 'theChurchisakingdomnotofthisworld.' "
