Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
TERTULLIANThe blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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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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It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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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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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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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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