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enchir25 CHAPTER XXV PREDESTINATION AND THE JUSTICE OF GOD 98. Furthermore, who would be so impiously foolish as to say that God cannot turn the evil wills of men--as he…

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beginTZ Document: beginTZ.doc FROM ONE BEGINNING TO ANOTHER Brother Roger, Munich, 1993/ 1994 The Letter 1994, FROM ONE BEGINNING TO ANOTHER, was written by Brother Roger for the European meeting…

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conbk12 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK TWELVE CHAPTER I My heart is deeply stirred, O Lord, when in this poor life of mine the words of thy Holy Scripture strike upon it.…

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enchir10 CHAPTER X JESUS CHRIST THE MEDIATOR 33. Thus it was that the human race was bound in a just doom and all men were children of wrath. Of this…

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enchir26 CHAPTER XXVI THE TRIUMPH OF GOD'S SOVEREIGN GOOD WILL 100. These are "the great works of the Lord, well-considered in all his acts of will"217 --and so wisely well-considered…

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creedchurch THE NICENE CREED ON THE CHURCH We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. [J.S. Bach, a devout Lutheran, wrote a musical setting for the Liturgy known as…

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conbk13 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK THIRTEEN CHAPTER I I call on thee, my God, my Mercy, who madest me and didst not forget me, though I was forgetful of thee. I…

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enchir11 CHAPTER XI THE INCARNATION AS PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE ACTION OF GOD'S GRACE 36. In this the grace of God is supremely manifest, commended in grand and visible fashion;…

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enchir27 CHAPTER XXVII LIMITS OF GOD'S PLAN FOR HUMAN SALVATION 103. Accordingly, when we hear and read in sacred Scripture that God "willeth that all men should be saved,"220 although…

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