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Offline s2srea

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What doth it profit thee....?
« on: October 10, 2012, 11:04:43 AM »
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    • Words I find profitable contemplating once in a while. Hopefully they will benefit you.

    Quote from: Thomas à Kempis- [i
    The Imitation of Christ[/i]]3. What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussion concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skilful in the definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should all this profit thee without the love and grace of God? Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, save to love God, and Him only to serve. That is the highest wisdom, to cast the world behind us, and to reach forward to the heavenly kingdom.
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    What doth it profit thee....?
    « Reply #1 on: October 10, 2012, 06:05:16 PM »
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    • That has always been one of my favorite passages from the Imitation too.  
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    Stir up within Thy Church, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the Spirit with which blessed Josaphat, Thy Martyr and Bishop, was filled, when he laid down his life for his sheep: so that, through his intercession, we too may be moved and strengthen by the same Spir

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    What doth it profit thee....?
    « Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 06:20:30 PM »
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    • Quote from: Sigismund
    That has always been one of my favorite passages from the Imitation too.  


    Yes, I agree. Its so easy for me to be lacking in humility and get caught up in prideful argumentative sophistry, hence my distance from internet fora in recent months.
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