 We must remember that Lefebvre is writing against the background of France , where ideas are generally more clear ‑ cut than they are in Great Britain .... Take the word " socialism , " for example ; that means to some of us , first and foremost , a social ideal of brotherhood and justice . We have had our Christian socialists . On the Continent , however , Socialism is uncompromisingly anti ‑ religious , or almost a substitute for religion , and Communism is seen as the natural development from it . This is the Socialism the Archbishop is writing about . And when he rejects Liberalism , he is not thinking of the [ British ] Liberal Party ... but of that religious liberalism that exalts human liberty above the claims of God or of His Church ... 
