Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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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Those who fled will fight another time.
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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 work is, there let our joy be.
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Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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He who flees will fight again.
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Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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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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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 judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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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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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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