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Petens perfectionem rhetoricam, Caesar Rhodum ut doctrinis Apollonii Molonis studeret profectus est.
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"Vivere secundum perfectionem sancti Evangelii" was the keynote of St. Francis's message.
Archive 2008-02-03 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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"Vivere secundum perfectionem sancti Evangelii" was the keynote of St. Francis's message.
Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration de Brantigny........................ 2008
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He before mentioned, after a long dispute (namely, 104), concludes: “Ex his sequitur differentiam inter donum perseverantiæ et confirmationis in gratia” (he means that which is granted in via) “in hoc consistere, quod donum perseverantiæ nullam perfectionem intrinsecam constituit in ipsa gratia habituali, quod tamen perfectionem intrinsecam illi tribuit confirmatio in gratia.”
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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"Vivere secundum perfectionem sancti Evangelii" was the keynote of St. Francis's message.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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St. Benedict especially recommended patristic study, and his sons have observed his advice: "Ad perfectionem conversationis qui festinat, sunt doctrinae sanctorum Patrum, quarum observatio perducat hominem ad celsitudinem perfectionis ... quis liber sanctorum catholicorum Patrum hoc non resonat, ut recto cursu perveniamus ad creatorem nostrum?"
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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St. Bonaventure says that bodily austerities "prepare, foster, and preserve perfection" (ad perfectionem præparans et ipsam promovens et conservans; "Apolog. pauperum", V, c. viii).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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As St. Bernard says: "An unflagging zeal for advancing and a continual struggle for perfection is itself perfection" (Indefessus proficiendi studium et iugis conatus ad perfectionem, perfectio reputatur; "Ep. ccliv ad Abbatem Guarinum").
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Quid si quis amisso penitus uisu ipsum etiam se habuisse obliuisceretur intuitum nihilque sibi ad humanam perfectionem deesse arbitraretur, num uidentes eadem caecos putaremus?
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Item, qui contendunt quibusdam tantam perfectionem in hac vita contingere, ut peccare non possint:
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