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Sacra Virginitas §15 — Tolle Lege

Encyclicals (Pre-V2)

Pope Pius XII

Sacra Virginitas §15

Sacra Virginitas

¹⁵ This then is the primary purpose, this the central idea of Christian virginity: to aim only at the divine, to turn thereto the whole mind and soul; to want to please God in everything, to think of Him continually, to consecrate body and soul completely to Him.

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Source: Sacra Virginitas (Vatican.va)