Both actiions are like a prank:
First promotion, then - 'go away'.
It is like when you feed a duck
and then you shoot the same duck dead.
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The last three lines are a succinct summary of the Chrisitian position regarding Mercy. It always comes as a startling surprise, because first Justice is discussed, and we get scared, and then mercy comes forth and we are reassured. The Christian view of Hell was formulated by Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. He argued unbaptized babies went to eternal suffering in Hell because God's justice demanded it. Later theologians rejected this. Can you imagine a saint like St. Francis arguing that? Or St. John of Krogstadt?
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The last three lines are a succinct summary of the Chrisitian position regarding Mercy. It always comes as a startling surprise, because first Justice is discussed, and we get scared, and then mercy comes forth and we are reassured. The Christian view of Hell was formulated by Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. He argued unbaptized babies went to eternal suffering in Hell because God's justice demanded it. Later theologians rejected this. Can you imagine a saint like St. Francis arguing that? Or St. John of Krogstadt?