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The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

— Peter Abelard The Abelardian Doctrine Of The Atonement (1892)

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Often the hearts of men and women are stirred, as likewise they are soothed in their sorrows, more by example than by words.

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The fathers did not themselves believe that they, or their companions, were always right. Augustine found himself mistaken in some cases and did not hesitate to retract his errors.

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The master key of knowledge is, indeed, a persistent and frequent questioning.

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When love has once been sincere, how difficult it is to determine to love no more? 'Tis a thousand times more easy to renounce the world than love.

By doubting we come to examine, and by examining we reach the truth.

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