Thursday, October 9, 2008

Grace and gratitude

The Charity of Elizabeth of Hungary

It's a simple sentence. Brief but profound:

In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.

--Thomas Erskine

I did not know anything about Thomas Erskine before coming across this quotation. I do recommend that you click through and read up on him. Very interesting person, indeed.
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3 comments:

  1. ROBERTAOctober 9, 2008 at 11:27 PM

    here's some trivia for ya - i was married in a catholic church - St. Elizabeth's of Hungary :)

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  2. Ellie FinlayOctober 9, 2008 at 11:50 PM

    That's cool, Roberta.

    I read a historical novel about her life when I was in high school and was so very inspired!

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  3. Ellie FinlayOctober 9, 2008 at 11:55 PM

    Sorry about all this spam, Roberta. Weird. I don't usually get this. I will hate to have to put word verification on the comments. That's such a hassle. Let's hope this is an abberation.

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