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I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.

Ignatius of Antioch

It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.
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Dedication Reality Religious Right
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
I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.
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God Ground Myself Purity Wild
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
Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
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Empowerment God Man Name Suffering Togetherness
Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
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Fall Himself Man Prayer Rise
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs – let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.
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God Happiness Myself Struggle Way Wild
I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.
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God Ground Myself Teeth
I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.
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Drink End God Hungry Love Myself
It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.
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Better Reality Silence Talk
Christianity is greatest when it is hated by the world.
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Greatness Hate Religion World
Be obedient to the bishop and to one another, as Jesus Christ was in the flesh to the Father, and the apostles to Christ and to the Father and to the Spirit, so that there may be unity in flesh and in spirit.
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Father God Obedience Oneself Spirit Unity
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
I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God’s bread, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of the seed of David, and for drink I crave His Blood which is love that cannot perish.
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Drink Food God Happiness Love Myself World
It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
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God Live Name Religious

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