Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
TERTULLIANTruth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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The blood of the Christians is seed.
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It is certain because it is impossible.
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Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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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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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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Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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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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Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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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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You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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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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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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