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.
TERTULLIANThe 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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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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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Custom without truth is error grown old.
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Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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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 impossible.
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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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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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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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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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The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
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It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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There is strife between God’s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
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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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