Other social systems had treated human beings as social entities, not biological machines. (religion-online.org)
This social license has unfortunately been completely disregarded by the British Columbia government, who obviously do not share the validity of this mythical social entity. (rickstrankman.ca)
In 1986 Cardinal Ratzinger, long before he became Pope Benedict, echoed this view of Mary and the Church when he wrote: «The Church is not an apparatus; she is not merely an institution; she is not even one among many social entities — she is a person. (faith.org.uk)