Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
TERTULLIANPatience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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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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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
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It is certain because it is impossible.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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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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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Those who fled will fight another time.
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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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