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# The beginning of a mighty conflict
- URL: https://www.theholyfight.com/the-beginning-of-a-mighty-conflict/
- Published: 2026-11-03T21:06:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T21:06:45.000Z
- Description: J. C. Ryle, Holiness
- Author: Sean Catlett
- Tags: Library, J. C. Ryle

> Conversion is not putting a man in an arm-chair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.

**J. C. Ryle**, *Holiness* (1879)

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J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) was the first Anglican Bishop of Liverpool. *Holiness* is his best-known book.

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