Free Sin Quote by Robert A. Peterson

“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

“For Augustine, on the other hand, sin is not a power but a weakness. Augustine uses the metaphors of slavery and sickness to discuss…

— William T. Cavanaugh

“Augustine taught that true freedom is not choice or lack of constraint, but being what you are meant to be. Humans were created in…

— Augustine of Hippo

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

— David K. Naugle

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with…

— John Calvin

Free-will cannot will good and of necessity serves sin.

— John Calvin

“If there was no free will in men, then there is no sins. When sins happened, it was 'free will' that made them doable.…

— Toba Beta

“Hence we should all make St. Augustine's prayer our own: "Lord, here cut, here burn and spare me not, but spare me in eternity!”

— Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

“Within a religious framework, a belief in free will supports the notion of sin—which seems to justify not only harsh punishment in this life…

— Sam Harris

“Sin, for instance, is an effort to gain something against the will of God; but the will of God is all that holds us…

— F.J. Sheed

“chosen to hold; and therefore they are of our own ordering; and therefore there is perfect justice in the universe. No suffering for another…

— Emmet Fox