Introducing Moral Theology Quotes

“True holiness, exemplified in Christ, reaches out to people in their messy brokenness and sinfulness, always to serve them and enable them to live more fully. When things are indeed orderly—when our parents genuinely love each other, when people live chastely, or when we are fully healthy—the holy person is grateful. But never does a wholesome concern for orderly appearances lead the holy person to fail to see or avoid serving where there is brokenness, be it sinful or otherwise.”
― William C. Mattison III, Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues

“the prudent person neither neglects important commitments nor gets overextended.”
― William C. Mattison III, Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues

“Grace is God’s help to do things that are not possible with natural human capacities alone,”
― William C. Mattison III, Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues

“not the injury, but the cause, that makes martyrs.”
― William C. Mattison III, Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues