I believe because it is absurd.
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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Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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It is certain because it is impossible.
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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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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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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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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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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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See how these Christians love one another.
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What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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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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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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