Men feel that they cannot understand the immense paraphernalia of religion and its unnatural atmosphere of high mystery; it is so tremendous a fuss about so very small a result.

If God is in the Church, why doesn't He do more for it, and so more for the world?
The revenues of religion are still enormous.

What do they accomplish?
Men who think in this way are not enemies of religion, any more than the Jews who came to Jesus were enemies of Judaism.

They deserve the respect of the Church.

Indeed, it is in finding an answer to their challenge that the Church is most likely to find a solution to her own problem.
But that answer will never be found if the Church seeks for it only in her documents.