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3 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: certainty-grace, certainty-graces, certainty-of-graces, grace, graces

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certainty of grace

The subjective assurance that one belongs to the elect, pursued through intense worldly activity.

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The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"He's trying to explain why is it that Protestants are a lot wealthier than Catholics in general, okay? And this is what he has..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"...-confidence is the result of insufficient faith and hence of imperfect grace, okay? To prove that God is perfect, to prove that God loves..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"...you do? Make money. Because the money is proof of God's grace, right? Okay, so he continues. There's worldly Protestant asceticism, okay? Asceticism means..."

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