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Why should anyone who has come to show men the interior way proceed to delude them by pointing out an exterior one? In other words, if the kingdom of heaven is within us, what use will it be to set up an institution without us? The primary task of a man sent from God is not to found a church which will keep them still looking outward, and hence in the wrong direction, but to shed invisible grace. If he or his closer disciples do organize such a church, it is only as a secondary task and as a concession to human weakness.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 4 : Organized Groups > # 113