The chief bond to cement the union of its members among themselves
and with their head is, on both sides, the love of God our Lord. For when the
superior and the subjects are closely united to His Divine and Supreme
Goodness, they will very easily be united among themselves, through that same
love which will descend from the Divine Goodness and spread to all other men,
and particularly into the body of the Society. Thsu from both sides charity
will come to further this union between superiors and subjects, and in general
all goodness and virtues through which one proceeds in conformity with the
spirit....
Still another great help can be found in uniformity, both interior
uniformity of doctrine, judgments, and wills, as far as this is possible....,
and exterior uniformity in respect to clothing, ceremonies of the Mass, and
other such matters, to the extent that the different qualities of persons,
places, and the like, permit.
(Ganss, Constitutions, p.
291)
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