The Church expected the Second Coming of Christ immediately. The converts had known a first coming. And then? And then! That was the trouble – the then. He had come, and they adored and believed, they communicated and practiced, and waited. The then lasted, and there seemed to be no farther equivalent Now. Time became the individual and catholic problem. The Church had to become as universal and as durable – as time. . Charles Williams
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