Quotemeal: Apr. 16th, 1959

Thursday, April 16, 1959

"For I seek not to understand in order that I may believe; but I believe in order that I may understand, for I believe for this reason: that unless I believe, I cannot understand."
— Anselm of Canterbury

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"He who is threatened by another's faith is not secure in his own."
— Sheila Matechuk —
"For Christ is the God over all, who has arranged to wash away sin from mankind, rendering the old man new."
— Hippolytus —
"Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it."
— John Owen —
"The refiner is never very far from the mouth of the furnace when His gold is in the fire."
— Charles H. Spurgeon —

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Illustration of Anselm of Canterbury — "For I seek not to understand in order that I may believe; but I believe in order that I may understand, for I believe for this reason: that unless I believe, I cannot understand."

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