Christian Individuality

'The church 'is made up of various personalities, no one of which can refuse to function without impoverishing the group and without depriving the eternal Christ of a part of his kingdom. Christ reigns by unfolding Himself in men. Every life of one of His members is a characteristic moment of His duration; every individual man and Christian is an instance, incommunicable, unique and therefore necessary, of the extension of the 'spiritual body'' (Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life).