"There-but-for-the-grace-of-God"

[David Brent]

couldn't find anything useful on google or urbandictionary, thanks in advance =]

 

[klah]

On seeing several criminals being led to the scaffold in the 16th century, English Protestant martyr John Bradford remarked, 'There but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.' His words, without his name, are still very common ones today for expressing one's blessings compared to the fate of another. Bradford was later burned at the stake as a heretic.

- Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
- by Robert Hendrickson

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: klah

On seeing several criminals being led to the scaffold in the 16th century, English Protestant martyr John Bradford remarked, 'There but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.' His words, without his name, are still very common ones today for expressing one's blessings compared to the fate of another. Bradford was later burned at the stake as a heretic.

- Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
- by Robert Hendrickson

Good explanation.

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: klah

On seeing several criminals...

- Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
- by Robert Hendrickson

Good explanation.

I just made it up....

...j/k

 

[David Brent]

thanks