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.
TERTULLIANPrevention 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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It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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Custom without truth is error grown old.
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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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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
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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 certain because it is possible.
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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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