But that is brutal annexation and imperialism on the part of the lamb.

That is simply the lamb absorbing the lion instead of the lion eating the lamb.

The real problem is--Can the lion lie down with the lamb and still retain his royal ferocity?
_That_ is the problem the Church attempted; _that_ is the miracle she achieved.
This is what I have called guessing the hidden eccentricities of life.
This is knowing that a man's heart is to the left and not in the middle.
This is knowing not only that the earth is round, but knowing exactly where it is flat.

Christian doctrine detected the oddities of life.

It not only discovered the law, but it foresaw the exceptions.