"Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven."
"The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church."
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Source: Charles Williams (2016). “Essential Writings in Spirituality and Theology”, p.86, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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