To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
TERTULLIANGod 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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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 soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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See how these Christians love one another.
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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.
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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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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Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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Patience is God’s nature.
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A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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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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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Those who fled will fight another time.
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The blood of the Christians is seed.
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