The Festal Epistles of S Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria volume 38
The Festal Epistles of S Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria volume 38
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Nature itself manifests our inability; but our own will reproves our unthankfulness. Therefore the blessed Paul, when admiring the greatness of the gift of God, said, And who is sufficient for these things? For 2Cor. 2, i7. He made the world free by the blood of our Saviour ; then, again, He caused the grave to be trodden down by the death of our Saviour, and opened the gates of heaven, granting through our Saviour an uninterrupted way to those who ascend (thereto) ^ On this account, one of the... saints^^, while he acknowledged the grace, but was insuf- ficient to repay 1 it, said, What shall I render unto the Lord P^^^(J, 12. For all He has done unto me ? For instead of death he had received life; freedom instead of bondage-"; and the king- dom of heaven instead of the grave. For of old time, death reigned from Adam to Moses; but now the divine Rum. 5, 14. Voice hath said, To-day shalt thou he with Me in Paradise. Luke 23, And the saints, being sensible of this, said. Except the p^Q^i-^^ Lord had helped me, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.
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