08 August 2007

Patristic Quote for the Day

Now, having duly considered and weighed all these circumstances and testimonies, we conclude that a man is not justified by the precepts of a holy life, but by faith in Jesus Christ,—in a word, not by the law of works, but by the law of faith; not by the letter, but by the spirit; not by the merits of deeds, but by free grace. -- St. Augustine, *On the Spirit and the Letter* ch. 22

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