“Christ speaks of two debtors, one of whom owed much and the other little, and who both found forgiveness. He asks: Which of these two ought to love more? The answer: The one who has forgiven much. When you love much, you are forgiven much-and when you are forgiven much, you love much. See here the blessed recurrence of salvation in love! P. 176”

1850s, Two Discourses at Friday Communion (August 1851)

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Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism 1813–1855

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