In T. S. Eliot''s classic writing, MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL, there is a revealing scene when Archbishop Thomas Beckett goes back to the cathedral knowing that King Henry II has pronounced him to die. Knowing that he will be murdered, Beckett goes back to the cathedral. Out of respect for the Archbishop some of the guards of the cathedral lock the doors. However, the Archbishop cries out, "Unbar the doors! Throw open the doors. I will not have the church of CHRIST which is a house of prayer, a sanctuary, turned into a fortress. The doors of the church must be open even to our enemy. OPEN THE DOORS!"

Someone says to the Archbishop, "You would close the doors against the lion, the wolf and other beasts. Why not against the beasts contained in the soul of damned men--who damn themselves to bea…