And our danger, at present, is this, that a man's having a general character for religion, reverencing the Gospel and professing it, and to a certain point, obeying it, so fully promotes his temporal interests, that is difficult for him to make out for himself whether he really acts on faith, or from a desire of this world's advantages.

John Henry Newman, Plain and Parochial Sermons, Vol 1 Sermon 5 "Self Denial the Test of Religious Earnestness."

To the question of Church and State

To the question of the Marxist socio-economic solution at the expense of religious hope

To the issue of self-righteous and certitude in own's righteousness and faith

When does our earnestness fade into self denial?

You are safer when there is no reward for truth or conviction.