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> [“3. Perfectionism may manifest itself in moralism. External conformity to law is of prior importance. Every human act is regulated by law. The law becomes so complex and intricate that dress styles and colors for both men and women, recreational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/3-perfectionism-may-manifest-itself-in-moralism-external-conformity/)

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## More by Mildred Bangs Wynkoop

> [“Wesley was not concerned about speculating regarding the way the race became involved in sin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/wesley-was-not-concerned-about-speculating-regarding-the-way-the-race/)

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> [“Be particularly careful in speaking of yourself: You may not, indeed, deny the work of God; but speak of it, when you are called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/be-particularly-careful-in-speaking-of-yourself-you-may-not-indeed/)

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> [“Grace is Christocentric—an outpouring of God’s personal nature through Christ. It is intensely personal; hence there can be no distinctions in grace such as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/grace-is-christocentric-an-outpouring-of-god-s-personal-nature/)

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> [“3. Perfectionism may manifest itself in moralism. External conformity to law is of prior importance. Every human act is regulated by law. The law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/3-perfectionism-may-manifest-itself-in-moralism-external-conformity/)

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> [“Purity is not an end in itself. Purity permits the personality to live in full expression of love to God and man. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/purity-is-not-an-end-in-itself-purity-permits-the-personality-to-live/)

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> [“LOVE takes the Harshness out of Holiness. Love takes the Incredibility out of Perfection. Love takes the Antinomianism out of Faith. Love takes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/love-takes-the-harshness-out-of-holiness-love-takes-the-incredibility/)

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> [“Could the dogma of particular election as understood by some theological traditions be the projection of faulty human love into the very nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/could-the-dogma-of-particular-election-as-understood-by-some/)

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> [“Love is the gospel message. Christian love, revealed by God in Christ, is the correction of man’s limited, selfish, selective, perverted love. It stands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/love-is-the-gospel-message-christian-love-revealed-by-god-in-christ/)

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> [“There is a foundational need inherent in every human person to love someone and to be loved. The self is completed and integrated and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/there-is-a-foundational-need-inherent-in-every-human-person-to-love/)

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> [“Fear closes the mind and the heart and dries up the source of love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/fear-closes-the-mind-and-the-heart-and-dries-up-the-source-of-love/)

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> [“The evidence of love/ holiness is said to be fellowship, and that fellowship is the evidence of being in Christian grace and the evidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/the-evidence-of-love-holiness-is-said-to-be-fellowship-and-that/)

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> [“Happiness is not an emotional titillation but a harmony of the whole of the self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/happiness-is-not-an-emotional-titillation-but-a-harmony-of-the-whole/)

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> [“The New Testament writer’s use of “death” to signify separation from God was well understood by the Jews, as was “life” by contrast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/the-new-testament-writer-s-use-of-death-to-signify-separation-from/)

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> [“When holiness and love are put together, the analogy of the two sides of a coin would be closer to the truth. Neither side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/when-holiness-and-love-are-put-together-the-analogy-of-the-two-sides/)

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> [“The point Wesley was making as he discussed law and faith puts his whole theology into focus. Faith, then, was originally designed of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-bangs-wynkoop/the-point-wesley-was-making-as-he-discussed-law-and-faith-puts-his/)

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