. . . the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk … - Pope Leo I

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The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.

Pope Leo I

. . . the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6). Otherwise we make a vain pretence and show, if we follow not His steps, Whose name we glory in, and assuredly they would not be irksome to us, but would free us from all dangers, if we loved nothing but what He commanded us to love.

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