"Our own theory is that sin was ordained only in view of redemption, and that accordingly redemption shows forth as the gain bound up with sin; in comparison with which there can be no question whatever of mischief due to sin, for the merely gradual and imperfect unfolding of the power of the God-consciousness is one of the necessary conditions of the human stage of existence."

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Source : Friedrich Schleiermacher (2016). “The Christian Faith”, p.338, Bloomsbury Publishing

Friedrich Schleiermacher

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