Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
TERTULLIANTruth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.
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All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced…the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
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The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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Christians are made, not born.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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