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Theodore Hesburgh
Theodore Hesburgh

Theodore Hesburgh was an American priest and educator, serving as the president of the University of Notre Dame for 35 years. He was known for his dedication to higher education and his commitment to social justice. Hesburgh was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church and a leader in the civil rights movement. more

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“By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth.”

“Beware, lastly, of imagining you shall obtain the end without using the means conducive to it.”

“By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin…by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin”