Top 25 Quotes by William Ames of 30 - Page 2

The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man.

The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man.

Spiritual, Men, Grace

William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.

William Ames

Men, Ideas, Doe

This subsistence, or manner of being of God is his one essence so far as it has personal properties.

William Ames

Essence, Property, Subsistence

William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

Active creation is conceived as a transitive action in which there is always presupposed an object about which the agent is concerned; it is virtually but not formally transitive because it makes, not presupposes, an object.

William Ames

Agents, Action, Creation

William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”