Thomas Aquinas - It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires...

Thomas Aquinas Zitate

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills.

Thomas Aquinas

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es ist klar, dass er nicht betet, der weit davon entfernt ist, sich zu Gott zu erheben, dass Gott sich zu ihm erniedrigt, und der zum Gebet zurückkehrt, um den Menschen in uns nicht zum Willen zu bringen, was Gott will, sondern nur, um Gott zu überzeugen zu wollen, was der Mann in uns will.

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