Paiva Netto

Distorted thinking about the broad meaning of Charity has caused great harm to society. Once and for all, we have to understand that Charity, in its broadest sense, is the Sublime Commandment of personal and collective survival. It is not restricted to the simple act of giving bread. Charity encompasses all segments of spiritual and human creative action, awaiting an invitation from the Soul to manifest itself in it. Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), the respected German theologian and educator, who headed up the Lutheran church after the...