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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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It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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Blood Body Soul Spiritual
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
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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Nature Soul Teaching
It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Believe Mad One Liner
It is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
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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Principles Religious
Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Men Moments Prayer
The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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Deep Present
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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Believe Himself Men Religious
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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Earth Religious Sky
Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Hope One Liner Patience
The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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Freedom Pieces
A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Born Christian Men
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nature Religion
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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Men Patience Woman
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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Athens Jerusalem
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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Feeling Lying Pain Suffering
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Divorce Marriage Religious
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Hate One Liner Reaction Truth
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Birth Death Murder
And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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End Live Marriage
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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Born Death Difference Life
Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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God Money
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence

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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