13 April 2010

Patristic Quote of the Day

This is the reason infants are baptized, not only that they may enjoy the good of the kingdom of Christ, but also that they may be delivered from the evil of the kingdom of death. And this cannot be done except through Him who 'in His flesh condemned sin, which He did not experience in His birth and crucified in His death; that in our flesh there might be justification through grace.'" -- St. Augustine citing St. Ambrose in Contra Julian, Book II

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