Meister Eckhart

"Now the Father draws us from the evil of sin to the goodness of His grace with the might of His measureless power, and He needs all the resources of His strength in order to convert sinners, more than when He was about to make heaven and earth, which He made with His own power without help from any creature. But when He is about to convert a sinner, He always needs the sinner's help. "He converts thee not without thy help," as St. Augustine says."

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Source: Meister Eckhart's Sermons. Book by Meister Eckhart, 1909.

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Meister Eckhart

Meister Eckhart

Theologian, Philosopher

Meister Eckhart was a medieval Christian mystic and theologian known for his teachings on the nature of God and the soul, particularly in his work 'Sermons'.

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