On the distinction between the law and grace (Augustine)

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There has to be a distinction between the Law and grace. The Law knows how to command; grace, how to help. The Law would not command if there were no free will, nor would grace help if the will were sufficient.

Augustine of Hippo et al to Innocent, c. 416 (no. 177) in Saint Augustine Letters: Volume IV (c. 420-30), trans. Wilfred Parsons, The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation, vol. 30 (Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1955), p. 97.
 
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