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Four Hundred Texts on Love 11

By Scott | Published: April 23, 2010
39.  Do not say that you are the temple of the Lord, writes Jeremiah (cf. Jer. 7:4); nor should you say that faith alone in our Lord Jesus Christ can save you, for this is impossible unless you also acquire love for Him through your works. As for faith by itself, ‘the devils also believe, [...]
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On the Incarnation of the Word 20 – The Word Only Could Bestow Incorruption

By Scott | Published: September 12, 2009
In this section of his treatise, Athanasius restates the points he has already explored and summarizes them in a way that exposes a greater fullness. We have, then, now stated in part, as far as it was possible, and as ourselves had been able to understand, the reason of His bodily appearing; that it was [...]
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On the Incarnation of the Word 6 – God’s Goodness

By Scott | Published: August 29, 2009
God’s goodness is the phrase I hear echoing in this chapter of Athanasius’ treatise. For it were not worthy of God’s goodness that the things He had made should waste away, because of the deceit practised on men by the devil. Especially it was unseemly to the last degree that God’s handicraft among men should [...]
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