It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.
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"It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills." — Thomas Aquinas #faithspirituality
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It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills. — Thomas Aquinas
About Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was a Theologian from Italian (1225–1274).
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Who said "It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requ…"?
This quote is attributed to Thomas Aquinas, a Theologian from Italian.
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Thomas Aquinas lived from 1225 – 1274.
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