“Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.”
St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Anselm
A Quote on the Divine Plan of Salvation: St. Anselm
“For it was appropriate that, just as death entered the human race through a man’s disobedience, so life should be restored through a man’s obedience; and that, just as the sin which was the cause of our damnation originated from a woman, similarly the originator of our justification and salvation should be born of a woman. Also that the devil, who defeated the man whom he beguiled through the taste of a tree, should himself similarly be defeated by a man through tree-induced suffering which he, the devil, inflicted. There are many other things, too, which, if carefully considered, display the indescribable beauty of the fact that our redemption was procured in this way.”
-St. Anselm of Cantebury
A Quote: St. Anselm of Canterbury
“My heart is made bitter by its desolation; I beseech you, Lord, sweeten it by your consolation. I set out hungry to look for you; I beseech you, Lord, do not let me depart from you fasting. I came to you as one famished; do not let me go without food. Poor, I have come to one who is rich. Unfortunate, I have come to one who is merciful. Do not let me return scorned and empty handed… Lord, bowed down as I am, I can only look downwards; raise me up that I may look upwards. ‘My sins are heaped up over my head’ they cover me over and ‘like a heavy load’ crush me down [Ps.37:5]. Save me, disburdon me, ‘ lest their pit close its mouth over or from the depths’ [Ps. 68:16]. Teach me to seek You, and reveal Yourself to me as i seek, because I can neither seek You if You do not teach me how, nor find You unless You reveal Yourself. Let me seek You in desiring you; let me desire you in seeking you; let me find You in loving You; let me love You in finding You.”
-St. Anselm of Canterbury
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