5. There is a kind of humility which
is of counsel and of perfection such as that which desires and seeks the
contempt of others; but there is also a humility which is of necessity and of
precept, without which, says Christ, we cannot enter into the kingdom of
Heaven: "Thou shalt not enter into the kingdom of Heaven." [Matt.
xviii, 3] And this consists in not esteeming ourselves and in not wishing to be
esteemed by others above what we really are.
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