The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.


As quoted in "The Abelardian Doctrine Of The Atonement" (1892), published in Doctrine and Development : University Sermons (1898) by Hastings Rashdall, p. 138

Peter Abelard Quotes

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.