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If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?

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It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nature Religion
The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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Blood Body Soul Spiritual
Fear is the foundation of safety.
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Fear Foundation Safety
God the Father’s a deep root; the Son’s the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance.
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Break Children Father Spirit World
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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Born Death Religious
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Death Himself Life World
Custom without truth is error grown old.
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Growth Old Truth
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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Beautiful Lust Religious
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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Men Patience Woman
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Birth Death Murder
How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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Devil Men Sick
We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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Believe Himself Men Religious
A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Born Christian Men
There is strife between God’s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
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God Human Way
Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.
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Moments Place Soul
It is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Divorce Marriage Religious
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Hate One Liner Reaction Truth
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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Dog God Sarcastic Truth
Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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Hero King People Violence
Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Discipline One Liner
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
Christians are made, not born.
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Born Christian Place
Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Men Moments Prayer
Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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Inspirational Work
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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Athens Jerusalem
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Enemy Hate Truth

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