p. 124
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To die to sin is to live to God, to be emptied of self and detached from all that pleases or displeases, leads to the Kingdom of God; heart and desire must close to things of earth to open to God and things eternal, if we desire to taste and see that the Lord is sweet
— John Ruysbroeck
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "To die to sin is to live to God, to be emptied of self and detached from all that pleases or displeases, leads to the Kingdom of God; heart and desire must close to things of earth to open to God and things eternal, if we desire to taste and see that the Lord is sweet" in the context of "p. 124" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Ruysbroeck" (Quotes, The Seven Steps of the Ladder of Spiritual Love: Love's Gradatory, translated by Mother St. Jerome (1914))
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About John Ruysbroeck
The Blessed John of Ruysbroeck (1293 or 1294 – 2 December 1381), "the Admirable" also known as John Ruusbroec, Jan van Ruusbroec or Jan van Ruysbroeck, was one of the Flemish mystics of the medieval Catholic Church.
About John Ruysbroeck
The Blessed John of Ruysbroeck (1293 or 1294 – 2 December 1381), "the Admirable" also known as John Ruusbroec, Jan van Ruusbroec or Jan van Ruysbroeck, was one of the Flemish mystics of the medieval Catholic Church.
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