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.
TERTULLIANHe who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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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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Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Those who fled will fight another time.
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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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The blood of the Christians is seed.
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It is certain because it is impossible.
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It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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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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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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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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It is to believed because it is absurd.
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