Saturday, May 12, 2012

Patristics


“But nothing is without the will of the Lord of the universe. It remains to say that such things happen without the prevention of God; for this alone saves both the providence and the goodness of God. We must not therefore think that He actively produces afflictions (far be it that we should think this!); but we must be persuaded that He does not prevent those that cause them, but overrules for good the crimes of His enemies:....” Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, 4:12, ANF 2:424

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