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So long as we stand under the Law, we cannot perceive this hidden unity of all the commandments. It is part of legalism that the will of God must appear to it as a multiplicity of commandments. In actual fact, it is one and indivisible God wants nothing else except love because He Himself is love.

Emil Brunner

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Emil Brunner
Age: 76 †
Born: 1889
Born: December 23
Died: 1966
Died: April 6
Theologian
University Teacher
Winterthur ZH
Part
Christianity
Multiplicity
Nothing
Wants
Commandments
Must
Stand
Hidden
Long
Law
Actual
Love
Fact
Perceive
Facts
Appear
Else
Unity
Legalism
Cannot
Except
Indivisible

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