A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
TERTULLIANHe who flees will fight again.
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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
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Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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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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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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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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Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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Prevention of birth is premature murder, and it makes no difference whether it is a life already born that one snatches away or a life that is coming to birth.
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The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
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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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