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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

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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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Discipline Faith Judgement Quality
Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Joy Ourselves Work
See how these Christians love one another.
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Love Religious Togetherness
Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
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Power Religious Violence
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
Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
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Apperance Blind Easy Kind
It is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
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
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
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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Born Death Prevention
God the Father’s a deep root; the Son’s the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance.
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Break Children Father Spirit World
It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Believe Mad One Liner
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
The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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Enemy Hurt Religious
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth

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