"Amostunworthyplayuponwordsforanecclesiastic!" FatherPa?ssycouldnotrefrainfrombreakinginagain."Ihavereadthebookwhichyouhaveanswered," headded, addressingIvan, "andwasastoundedatthewords 'theChurchisakingdomnotofthisworld.' Ifitisnotofthisworld, , thewords 'notofthisworld' , ofcourse, isnotofthisworld, butinHeaven; , intruth, akingdomandordainedtorule, ."
Heceasedspeakingsuddenly, , addressingtheelderwithperfectcomposureandasbeforewithreadycordiality:
", itinevitablyhappenedthat, bybecomingChristian, , as, forexample, , ofcourse, surrendernopartofitsfundamentalprinciples—therockonwhichitstands—andcouldpursuenootheraimsthanthosewhichhavebeenordainedandrevealedbyGodHimself, andamongthemthatofdrawingthewholeworld, andthereforetheancientpaganStateitself, (thatis, withaviewtothefuture) itisnottheChurchthatshouldseekadefinitepositionintheState, like 'everysocialorganization,' oras 'anorganizationofmenforreligiouspurposes' (asmyopponentcallstheChurch), but, onthecontrary, everyearthlyStateshouldbe, intheend, completelytransformedintotheChurchandshouldbecomenothingelsebutaChurch, , norfromthegloryofitsrulers, butonlyturnsitfromafalse, stillpagan, andmistakenpathtothetrueandrightfulpath, , inseekingandlayingdownthosefoundations, , partofwhichFatherIosifjustenumerated, arethepermanent, essential, andeternalfoundations, ."
