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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Religion is external, faith is internal.

AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS & ENCHIRIDION

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CHAPTER XXXI
LOVE 117. And now regarding love, which the apostle says is greater than …

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CHAPTER XXVII
LIMITS OF GOD’S PLAN FOR HUMAN SALVATION 103. Accordingly, when we hear and read in sacred Scripture …

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CHAPTER XVII
FORGIVENESS OF SINS IN THE CHURCH 64. The angels are in concord with us even now, when …

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CHAPTER XVI
PROBLEMS ABOUT HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY
DIVISIONS OF THE CHURCH 60. It is more important to …

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CHAPTER XIII
BAPTISM AND ORIGINAL SIN 41. Since he was begotten and conceived in no pleasure of carnal …

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CHAPTER XI
THE INCARNATION AS PRIME EXAMPLE
OF THE ACTION OF GOD’S GRACE …

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CHAPTER VIII
THE PLIGHT OF MAN AFTER THE FALL 23. With this much said, within the necessary brevity of …

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CHAPTER VI
THE PROBLEM OF LYING 18. Here a most difficult and complex issue arises which I once dealt …

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CHAPTER XXXII
THE END OF ALL THE LAW 121. All the divine precepts are, therefore, referred back to love, …

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CHAPTER XXII
THE TWO CAUSES OF SIN 81. I shall now mention what I have often discussed before …