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In short, justification in the Catholic view is the gift of divine sonship, lost in original sin, and regained in Christ.
“The Doctor: Doctor Song, you've got that face on again.
River: What face?
The Doctor: The "He's hot when he's clever" face.
River: This is my normal face.
The Doctor: Yes it is.
River: Oh, shut up.
The Doctor: Not a chance.”
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River: What face?
The Doctor: The "He's hot when he's clever" face.
River: This is my normal face.
The Doctor: Yes it is.
River: Oh, shut up.
The Doctor: Not a chance.”
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“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc, is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“We might think that God wanted simply obedience to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a particular sort.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“Man is a rational animal. But that does not mean that he is a reasonable animal. It means only that he has reason, and therefore can misuse it. If he had not reason, he could not be unreasonable. But he has, and is.”
― Theology and Sanity
― Theology and Sanity
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