--- title: "20 Life Quotes By The Church Fathers" description: "20 Life quotes by The Church Fathers. Plus more from The Church Fathers and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/the-church-fathers-1438_disbelievers_the-aim-of-him-who-envies-our-life-to-re_2664013.jpg" --- > [“the aim of him who envies our life, to render men disbelievers in their own salvation, and blasphemous against God the Creator.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-aim-of-him-who-envies-our-life-to-render-men-disbelievers-in/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/the-church-fathers-1438_disbelievers_the-aim-of-him-who-envies-our-life-to-re_2664013.jpg) > [“Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, and who was also manifested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/christ-himself-therefore-together-with-the-father-is-the-god-of-the/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/the-church-fathers-1438_christ_christ-himself-therefore-together-with-t_198594.jpg) > [“so also by the obedience of one man, righteousness having been introduced, shall cause life to fructify in those persons who in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/so-also-by-the-obedience-of-one-man-righteousness-having-been/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/the-church-fathers-1438_justice_so-also-by-the-obedience-of-one-man-righ_3055865.jpg) > [“For the glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God. For”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-the-glory-of-god-is-a-living-man-and-the-life-of-man-consists-in/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/the-church-fathers-1438_glory-of-god_for-the-glory-of-god-is-a-living-man-and_288959.jpg) > [ “service \[rendered\] to God does indeed profit God nothing, nor has God need of human obedience; but He grants to those who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-profit-god-nothing-nor-has-god-2/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/the-church-fathers-1438_life_service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-prof_477169.jpg) > [“as dry earth does not bring forth unless it receive moisture, in like manner we also, being originally a dry tree, could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/as-dry-earth-does-not-bring-forth-unless-it-receive-moisture-in-like/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/the-church-fathers-1438_life_as-dry-earth-does-not-bring-forth-unless_452460.jpg) > [“He had a pre-existence as a saving Being, it was necessary that what might be saved should also be called into existence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-had-a-pre-existence-as-a-saving-being-it-was-necessary-that-what/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/the-church-fathers-1438_existence_he-had-a-pre-existence-as-a-saving-being_2990843.jpg) > [“of fathers, children have been born unto thee.” For the Lord, having been born “the First-begotten of the dead,” and receiving into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/of-fathers-children-have-been-born-unto-thee-for-the-lord-having-been/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/the-church-fathers-1438_birth_of-fathers-children-have-been-born-unto_1106211.jpg) > [ “the precepts of an absolutely perfect life, since they are the same in each Testament, have pointed out \[to us\] the same… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-life-since-they-are-the-same-in/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/the-church-fathers-1438_commandments_the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-li_33593.jpg) > [“God, the Father of the universe, who is the perfect intelligence, is the truth. And the Word, being His Son, came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-the-father-of-the-universe-who-is-the-perfect-intelligence-is-the/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_god-the-father-of-the-universe-who-is-th_972471.jpg) > [“For there had been a necessity that, in the first place, a human being should be fashioned, and that what was fashioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-there-had-been-a-necessity-that-in-the-first-place-a-human-being/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/the-church-fathers-1438_first-place_for-there-had-been-a-necessity-that-in-t_364925.jpg) > [“Wherefore also the light which is from God does not illumine them, because they have dishonoured and despised God, holding Him of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/wherefore-also-the-light-which-is-from-god-does-not-illumine-them/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/the-church-fathers-1438_life_wherefore-also-the-light-which-is-from-g_600186.jpg) > [“communion with God is life and light, and the enjoyment of all the benefits which He has in store. But on as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/communion-with-god-is-life-and-light-and-the-enjoyment-of-all-the/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/the-church-fathers-1438_communion_communion-with-god-is-life-and-light-and_2310946.jpg) > [“He drove him out of Paradise, and removed him far from the tree of life, not because He envied him the tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-drove-him-out-of-paradise-and-removed-him-far-from-the-tree-of/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/the-church-fathers-1438_life_he-drove-him-out-of-paradise-and-removed_2323460.jpg) > [“how can they say that the flesh, which is nourished with the body of the Lord and with His blood, goes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/how-can-they-say-that-the-flesh-which-is-nourished-with-the-body-of/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/the-church-fathers-1438_life_how-can-they-say-that-the-flesh-which-is_624067.jpg) > [“This tower,” said she, “is supported by them according to the precept of the Lord. Listen now to their functions. The first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/this-tower-said-she-is-supported-by-them-according-to-the-precept-of/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_this-tower-said-she-is-supported-by-them_2649993.jpg) > [“The sea,” he says, “gave up the dead which it had in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-it-had-in-it-and-death-and/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/the-church-fathers-1438_book-of-life_the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-i_193579.jpg) > [“God had power at the beginning to grant perfection to man; but as the latter was only recently created, he could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant-perfection-to-man-but-as-the/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/the-church-fathers-1438_life_god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant_2656517.jpg) > [“God is powerful in all things, having been seen at that time indeed, prophetically through the Spirit, and seen, too, adoptively through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-is-powerful-in-all-things-having-been-seen-at-that-time-indeed/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_god-is-powerful-in-all-things-having-bee_2060549.jpg) > [ “service \[rendered\] to God does indeed profit God nothing, nor has God need of human obedience; but He grants to those who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-profit-god-nothing-nor-has-god/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/the-church-fathers-1438_fellowship-with-god_service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-prof_236553.jpg) ## Other authors on Life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 2,086 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 1,901 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 1,045 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 893 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 659 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/frederick-lenz/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 630 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 621 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-maraboli-87325.jpg) Steve Maraboli 550 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/steve-maraboli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melchor-lim-61.jpg) Melchor Lim 538 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/melchor-lim/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 452 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 432 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 430 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by The Church Fathers > [ “both the Mosaic law and the grace of the new covenant, as both fitted for the times \[at which they were given\], were bestowed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/both-the-mosaic-law-and-the-grace-of-the-new-covenant-as-both-fitted/) The Church Fathers > [ “the precepts of an absolutely perfect life, since they are the same in each Testament, have pointed out \[to us\] the same God, who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-life-since-they-are-the-same-in/) The Church Fathers > [“God is not as a man.” He thus shows that all men are indeed guilty of falsehood, inasmuch as they change from one thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-is-not-as-a-man-he-thus-shows-that-all-men-are-indeed-guilty-of/) The Church Fathers > [ “Paul in like manner declares, “Love is the fulfilling of the law:” and \[he declares\] that when all other things have been destroyed, there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/paul-in-like-manner-declares-love-is-the-fulfilling-of-the-law-and-he/) The Church Fathers > [“as then the condemnation of sinners extended to others who approved of them, and joined in their society; so also is it the case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/as-then-the-condemnation-of-sinners-extended-to-others-who-approved/) The Church Fathers > [“His only-begotten Word, who is always present with the human race, united to and mingled with His own creation, according to the Father’s pleasure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/his-only-begotten-word-who-is-always-present-with-the-human-race/) The Church Fathers > [“For there is the one Son, who accomplished His Father’s will; and one human race also in which the mysteries of God are wrought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-there-is-the-one-son-who-accomplished-his-father-s-will-and-one/) The Church Fathers > [ “Mary, having a man betrothed \[to her\], and being nevertheless a virgin, by yielding obedience, become the cause of salvation, both to herself and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/mary-having-a-man-betrothed-to-her-and-being-nevertheless-a-virgin-by/) The Church Fathers > [“understanding of Christ, which Paul terms the wisdom of God hidden in a mystery, which “the natural man receiveth not,” the doctrine of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/understanding-of-christ-which-paul-terms-the-wisdom-of-god-hidden-in/) The Church Fathers > [“If, therefore, in the present time also, God, knowing the number of those who will not believe, since He foreknows all things, has given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/if-therefore-in-the-present-time-also-god-knowing-the-number-of-those/) The Church Fathers > [“The sea,” he says, “gave up the dead which it had in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that they contained;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-it-had-in-it-and-death-and/) The Church Fathers > [“Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, and who was also manifested to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/christ-himself-therefore-together-with-the-father-is-the-god-of-the/) The Church Fathers > [“Those pastors are to be heard to whom the apostles committed the Churches, possessing one and the same doctrine of salvation; the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/those-pastors-are-to-be-heard-to-whom-the-apostles-committed-the/) The Church Fathers > [“the friendship of God imparts immortality to those who embrace it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-friendship-of-god-imparts-immortality-to-those-who-embrace-it/) The Church Fathers > [“Put away from you all wicked desire, and clothe yourself with good and chaste desire; for clothed with this desire you will hate wicked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/put-away-from-you-all-wicked-desire-and-clothe-yourself-with-good-and/) The Church Fathers ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/the-church-fathers/#itemlist", "name": "20 Life Quotes By The Church Fathers", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the aim of him who envies our life, to render men disbelievers in their own salvation, and blasphemous against God the Creator.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-aim-of-him-who-envies-our-life-to-render-men-disbelievers-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/the-church-fathers-1438_disbelievers_the-aim-of-him-who-envies-our-life-to-re_2664013.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/the-church-fathers-1438_disbelievers_the-aim-of-him-who-envies-our-life-to-re_2664013.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/the-church-fathers-1438_disbelievers_the-aim-of-him-who-envies-our-life-to-re_2664013.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the aim of him who envies our life, to render men disbelievers in their own salvation, and blasphemous…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, and who was also manifested to the fathers.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/christ-himself-therefore-together-with-the-father-is-the-god-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/the-church-fathers-1438_christ_christ-himself-therefore-together-with-t_198594.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/the-church-fathers-1438_christ_christ-himself-therefore-together-with-t_198594.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/the-church-fathers-1438_christ_christ-himself-therefore-together-with-t_198594.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, and who…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“so also by the obedience of one man, righteousness having been introduced, shall cause life to fructify in those persons who in times past were dead.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/so-also-by-the-obedience-of-one-man-righteousness-having-been/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/the-church-fathers-1438_justice_so-also-by-the-obedience-of-one-man-righ_3055865.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/the-church-fathers-1438_justice_so-also-by-the-obedience-of-one-man-righ_3055865.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/the-church-fathers-1438_justice_so-also-by-the-obedience-of-one-man-righ_3055865.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“so also by the obedience of one man, righteousness having been introduced, shall cause life to fructify in…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For the glory of God is a living man; 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but the more prominent and the greatest [commandments], without which salvation cannot [be attained], He has exhorted [us to observe] the same in both.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-life-since-they-are-the-same-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/the-church-fathers-1438_commandments_the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-li_33593.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/the-church-fathers-1438_commandments_the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-li_33593.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/the-church-fathers-1438_commandments_the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-li_33593.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the precepts of an absolutely perfect life, since they are the same in each Testament, have pointed out [to…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God, the Father of the universe, who is the perfect intelligence, is the truth. And the Word, being His Son, came to us, having put on flesh, revealing both Himself and the Father, giving to us in Himself resurrection from the dead, and eternal life afterwards. And this is Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. He, therefore, is Himself both the faith and the proof of Himself and of all things. Wherefore”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-the-father-of-the-universe-who-is-the-perfect-intelligence-is-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_god-the-father-of-the-universe-who-is-th_972471.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_god-the-father-of-the-universe-who-is-th_972471.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_god-the-father-of-the-universe-who-is-th_972471.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God, the Father of the universe, who is the perfect intelligence, is the truth. And the Word, being His Son…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For there had been a necessity that, in the first place, a human being should be fashioned, and that what was fashioned should receive the soul; afterwards that it should thus receive the communion of the Spirit. Wherefore also “the first Adam was made” by the Lord “a living soul, the second Adam a quickening spirit.” As, then, he who was made a living soul forfeited life when he turned aside to what was evil, so, on the other hand, the same individual, when he reverts to what is good, and receives the quickening Spirit, shall find life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-there-had-been-a-necessity-that-in-the-first-place-a-human-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/the-church-fathers-1438_first-place_for-there-had-been-a-necessity-that-in-t_364925.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/the-church-fathers-1438_first-place_for-there-had-been-a-necessity-that-in-t_364925.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/the-church-fathers-1438_first-place_for-there-had-been-a-necessity-that-in-t_364925.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For there had been a necessity that, in the first place, a human being should be fashioned, and that what…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Wherefore also the light which is from God does not illumine them, because they have dishonoured and despised God, holding Him of small account, because, through His love and infinite benignity, He has come within reach of human knowledge (knowledge, however, not with regard to His greatness, or with regard to His essence—for that has no man measured or handled—but after this sort: that we should know that He who made, and formed, and breathed in them the breath of life, and nourishes us by means of the creation, establishing all things by His Word, and binding them together by His Wisdom—this is He who is the only true God);”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/wherefore-also-the-light-which-is-from-god-does-not-illumine-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/the-church-fathers-1438_life_wherefore-also-the-light-which-is-from-g_600186.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/the-church-fathers-1438_life_wherefore-also-the-light-which-is-from-g_600186.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/the-church-fathers-1438_life_wherefore-also-the-light-which-is-from-g_600186.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wherefore also the light which is from God does not illumine them, because they have dishonoured and…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“communion with God is life and light, and the enjoyment of all the benefits which He has in store. But on as many as, according to their own choice, depart from God, He inflicts that separation from Himself which they have chosen of their own accord. But separation from God is death, and separation from light is darkness; and separation from God consists in the loss of all the benefits which He has in store. Those, therefore, who cast away by apostasy these forementioned things, being in fact destitute of all good, do experience every kind of punishment. God, however, does not punish them immediately of Himself, but that punishment falls upon them because they are destitute of all that is good. Now,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/communion-with-god-is-life-and-light-and-the-enjoyment-of-all-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/the-church-fathers-1438_communion_communion-with-god-is-life-and-light-and_2310946.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/the-church-fathers-1438_communion_communion-with-god-is-life-and-light-and_2310946.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/the-church-fathers-1438_communion_communion-with-god-is-life-and-light-and_2310946.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“communion with God is life and light, and the enjoyment of all the benefits which He has in store. But on as…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He drove him out of Paradise, and removed him far from the tree of life, not because He envied him the tree of life, as some venture to assert, but because He pitied him, [and did not desire] that he should continue a sinner for ever, nor that the sin which surrounded him should be immortal, and evil interminable and irremediable. But He set a bound to his [state of] sin, by interposing death, and thus causing sin to cease, putting an end to it by the dissolution of the flesh, which should take place in the earth, so that man, ceasing at length to live to sin, and dying to it, might begin to live to God.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-drove-him-out-of-paradise-and-removed-him-far-from-the-tree-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/the-church-fathers-1438_life_he-drove-him-out-of-paradise-and-removed_2323460.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/the-church-fathers-1438_life_he-drove-him-out-of-paradise-and-removed_2323460.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/the-church-fathers-1438_life_he-drove-him-out-of-paradise-and-removed_2323460.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He drove him out of Paradise, and removed him far from the tree of life, not because He envied him the tree…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“how can they say that the flesh, which is nourished with the body of the Lord and with His blood, goes to corruption, and does not partake of life? Let them, therefore, either alter their opinion, or cease from offering the things just mentioned. But our opinion is in accordance with the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn establishes our opinion. For we offer to Him His own, announcing consistently the fellowship and union of the flesh and Spirit. For as the bread, which is produced from the earth, when it receives the invocation of God, is no longer common bread, but the Eucharist, consisting of two realities, earthly and heavenly; so also our bodies, when they receive the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, having the hope of the resurrection to eternity.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/how-can-they-say-that-the-flesh-which-is-nourished-with-the-body-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/the-church-fathers-1438_life_how-can-they-say-that-the-flesh-which-is_624067.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/the-church-fathers-1438_life_how-can-they-say-that-the-flesh-which-is_624067.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/the-church-fathers-1438_life_how-can-they-say-that-the-flesh-which-is_624067.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“how can they say that the flesh, which is nourished with the body of the Lord and with His blood, goes to…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This tower,” said she, “is supported by them according to the precept of the Lord. Listen now to their functions. The first of them, who is clasping her hands, is called Faith. Through her the elect of God are saved. Another, who has her garments tucked up and acts with vigour, is called Self-restraint. She is the daughter of Faith. Whoever then follows her will become happy in his life, because he will restrain himself from all evil works, believing that, if he restrain himself from all evil desire, he will inherit eternal life.” “But the others,” said I, “O Lady, who are they?” And she said to me, “They are daughters of each other. One of them is called Simplicity, another Guilelessness, another Chastity, another Intelligence, another Love. When then you do all the works of their mother, you will be able to live.” “I”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/this-tower-said-she-is-supported-by-them-according-to-the-precept-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_this-tower-said-she-is-supported-by-them_2649993.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_this-tower-said-she-is-supported-by-them_2649993.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_this-tower-said-she-is-supported-by-them_2649993.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This tower,” said she, “is supported by them according to the precept of the Lord. Listen now to their…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The sea,” he says, “gave up the dead which it had in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that they contained; and the books were opened. Moreover,” he says, “the book of life was opened, and the dead were judged out of those things that were written in the books, according to their works; and death and hell were sent into the lake of fire, the second death.” Now this is what is called Gehenna, which the Lord styled eternal fire. “And if any one,” it is said, “was not found written in the book of life, he was sent into the lake of fire.” And after this, he says, “I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth have passed away; also there was no more sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from heaven, as a bride adorned for her husband.” “And I heard,” it is said, “a great voice from the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them; and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them as their God. And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, because the former things have passed away.” Isaiah”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-it-had-in-it-and-death-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/the-church-fathers-1438_book-of-life_the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-i_193579.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/the-church-fathers-1438_book-of-life_the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-i_193579.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/the-church-fathers-1438_book-of-life_the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-i_193579.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The sea,” he says, “gave up the dead which it had in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that they…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God had power at the beginning to grant perfection to man; but as the latter was only recently created, he could not possibly have received it, or even if he had received it, could he have contained it, or containing it, could he have retained it. It was for this reason that the Son of God, although He was perfect, passed through the state of infancy in common with the rest of mankind, partaking of it thus not for His own benefit, but for that of the infantile stage of man’s existence, in order that man might be able to receive Him. There was nothing, therefore, impossible to and deficient in God, [implied in the fact] that man was not an uncreated being; but this merely applied to him who was lately created, [namely] man.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant-perfection-to-man-but-as-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/the-church-fathers-1438_life_god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant_2656517.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/the-church-fathers-1438_life_god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant_2656517.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/the-church-fathers-1438_life_god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant_2656517.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God had power at the beginning to grant perfection to man; but as the latter was only recently created, he…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God is powerful in all things, having been seen at that time indeed, prophetically through the Spirit, and seen, too, adoptively through the Son; and He shall also be seen paternally in the kingdom of heaven, the Spirit truly preparing man in the Son of God, and the Son leading him to the Father, while the Father, too, confers [upon him] incorruption for eternal life, which comes to every one from the fact of his seeing God. For as those who see the light are within the light, and partake of its brilliancy; even so, those who see God are in God, and receive of His splendour. But [His] splendour vivifies them; those, therefore, who see God, do receive life. And for this reason, He, [although] beyond comprehension, and boundless and invisible, rendered Himself visible, and comprehensible, and within the capacity of those who believe, that He might vivify those who receive and behold Him through faith. For as His greatness is past finding out, so also His goodness is beyond expression; by which having been seen, He bestows life upon those who see Him. 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But for this reason does God demand service from men, in order that, since He is good and merciful, He may benefit those who continue in His service. For, as much as God is in want of nothing, so much does man stand in need of fellowship with God. For this is the glory of man, to continue and remain permanently in God’s service. Wherefore also did the Lord say to His disciples, “Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you;” indicating that they did not glorify Him when they followed Him; but that, in following the Son of God, they were glorified by Him. 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