01 January 2007

Patristic Quote for the Day

And was his coming, as a man might suppose, in power, in terror, and in dread? Not so; it was in gentleness and humility. As a king sending a royal son, so He sent him; as God He sent him; as Man to men He sent him; and that because He was fain to save us by persuasion, and not by compulsion - for there is no compulsion found with God. His mission was no pursuit or hounding of us, it was an invitation to us; it was in love, not in judgment that He sent him (though one day He will indeed send him to judge us, and when who shall abide the day of his coming?). - Epistle to Diognetus, par. 7

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