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It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.

Ignatius of Antioch

Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church.
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Present Religious Togetherness
Do everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God – as He actually is.
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God Heart Ourselves Spiritual Temple
Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
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Fall Himself Man Prayer Rise
Let no man’s place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man’s low condition or poverty abase him. For the chief points are faith towards God, hope towards Christ, the enjoyment of those good things for which we look, and love towards God and our neighbor.
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Condition Dignity Enjoyment Faith God Hope Low Man Ourselves Place
My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.
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Confidence Deep Feeling God Heart Myself Pieces Writing
I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.
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Death Earth God Love Ourselves Seek
He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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Death Desire Himself Object Place
I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.
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Call Dreams Myself Name Religious True
As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through Him.
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Death Faith God Himself
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.
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Evidence Myself Name Religion
Therefore run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father, and is with and has gone to one.
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Father God Oneself Run Togetherness
It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.
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Better Reality Silence Talk
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses.
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Forgiveness Freedom Habit Impossible Man Sin Yourself
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.
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Appearance God Religion
For Faith is the beginning and the end is love, and God is the two of them brought into unity. After these comes whatever else makes up a Christian gentleman.
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Beginning End Faith Love Religious Unity
I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.
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Choice Death Earth God Myself Rule

It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.

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