Wallachian
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- Of or pertaining to Wallachia.
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"Matthew Johnson"
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> In article <144.04.20.05.966648000@srcbs.org>, Gary McNees says...
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> >> To quote the latter directly:
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> >> First, let it be fixed in our minds that as we are the creations of
> >> the good God and remain in His power, Who arranges all things
> >> concerning us, both big and small, we can suffer nothing without
> >> the will of God. And if we do suffer something, it is not harmful,
> >> or it is not such that anything better could be planned for us. For
> >> although even death is from God, death is not an evil, unless the
> >> death of a sinner, which is the transit to punishment. BUT AGAIN,
> >> GOD IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PUNISHMENTS IN HELL, BUT WE OURSELVES
> >> ARE. BECAUSE THE CAUSE AND ROOT OF SIN DEPENDS ON OUR FREEDOM. If
> >> we would refrain from evil, we could avoid suffering anything poor;
> >> but because we are taken captive into sin by the love of pleasures,
> >> can we imagine a better proof that we are ourselves the cause of
> >> our woes?
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> >Matthew, the above is excellent! I could not have said it nearly so well.
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> That is why I recommend reading the Fathers so highly. And that is why I
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> the translations on CCEL or New Advent were not so scanty and poor!
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Thanks for the link. I saved it.
Matthew, you are very familiar with the writings of the Church Fathers,
do you agree that everything they wrote is correct?
Do they ever contradict one another?
Does any of them ever write something which to you is obviously false?
Thanks, Gary
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