Quotemeal: May. 29th, 1959

Friday, May 29, 1959

"Knowledge of God can be fully given to man only in a Person, never in a doctrine. Faith is not the holding of correct doctrine, but personal fellowship with the living God."
— William Temple

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Illustration of William Temple — "Knowledge of God can be fully given to man only in a Person, never in a doctrine. Faith is not the holding of correct doctrine, but personal fellowship with the living God."

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