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.
IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCHDo not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart.
More Ignatius of Antioch Quotes
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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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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Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
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I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.
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Your accord and harmonious love is a hymn to Jesus Christ in perfect harmony, and taking your pitch from God, you may sing in unison and in one voice to the Father through Jesus Christ.
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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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I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.
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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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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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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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It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.
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It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth.
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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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Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men, For cannot he that falls rise again?
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It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
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