For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
TERTULLIANThe first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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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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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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It is certain because it is possible.
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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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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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Christians are made, not born.
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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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See how these Christians love one another.
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Patience is God’s nature.
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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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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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