FenelonQuote

Quote from Fenelon
M. Irons

Seventeenth-century Catholic archbishop Francois Fenelon was a favorite author in the Assembly, especially his book, Christian Perfection. The quotation here, while not technically an Assembly document, is a bonfide plaque that was displayed for years, to our regret, in the Irons' brothers' house, "The House of Peace".

This kind of thinking is one of the reasons many people who have left the group have a twisted concept of God. It is the very "sweet and loving thoughts" of God's goodness that Fenelon and Betty G. decried that feed our souls and enable us to grow in grace! "We were also given absolutely terrific promises...tickets to participation in the life of God" (The Message). Fenelon's stern counsel turns God into a harsh task master.

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