March 10, 2004

St Theophan the Recluse: On Grace as the True Christian Life

The true Christian life is one of grace. The self-made life, no matter how beautiful it is in appearance or how close it is to the form of Christian life, will never be Christian.

The origin of the Christian life is in arousal [from the slumber of sin] by grace.

--The Path to Salvation, p. 105

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