Absent Quote by John Calvin

“in Augustine with this expression, - "God crowns not our merits but his own gifts; and the name of reward is given not to…

— John Calvin

Augustine of Hippo used to say that, but for God's grace, he should have been capable of committing any crime; and it is when…

— Henry Parry Liddon

So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys and therefore…

— John Piper

“As Augustine thought, God will command what he wills and will grant what he commanded.”

— David K. Naugle

“Augustine can hold that fallen man is free to sin but not free not to sin, yet still possesses free will, because as a…

— Robert A. Peterson

“There is much: recognition of the fact that human beings live indeterminate and incomplete lives; recognition of the power exerted over and upon us…

— Jean Bethke Elshtain

“Grace empowers us to choose rightly in what seem to be the most choiceless of situations, but it does not, and will not, determine…

— Gerald G. May

“Scripture teaches that because of his sin, man cannot choose God, apart from grace.”

— Gregory Brown

“Augustine wrote that humility is the source of all virtue, and pride the root of all evil.”

— Mel Starr

“Hence Augustine defined the highest state of human freedom not as "being able not to sin" (posse non peccare) but as "being unable to…

— David Bentley Hart

It is false that the will, left to itself, can do good as well as evil, for it is not free, but in bondage...On…

— Martin Luther

“A grace is a thing you get from God, you use it to make a better world, or not use it, you have to…

— Dean Koontz