The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself. (Peter Abelard)

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

Peter Abelard

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