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Chapter XXXIII.; original source section: Chapter 33; original book/conference: XXI. The First Conference of Abbot Theonas.
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Of the fact that the precepts of the gospel are milder than those of the law.
Complete source paragraph · Conferences of John Cassian, Part III, Chapter XXXIII.; original source section: Chapter 33; original book/conference: XXI. The First Conference of Abbot Theonas., source paragraph 2 · Original source
Whoever therefore climbs this height of evangelical perfection, is at once raised by the merits of such virtue above every law, and disregarding as trivial all that is commanded by Moses, recognizes that he is only subject to the grace of the Saviour, by whose aid he knows that he attained to that most exalted condition. Therefore sin has no dominion over him, “because the love of God, which is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us,” shuts out all
Complete source paragraph · Conferences of John Cassian, Part III, Chapter XXXIII.; original source section: Chapter 33; original book/conference: XXI. The First Conference of Abbot Theonas., source paragraph 3 · Original source