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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 state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Hope One Liner Patience
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Enemy Hate Truth
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Divorce Marriage Religious
Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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Inspirational Work
For what war should we not be fit and eager, even though unequal in numbers, we who are so willing to be slaughtered-if, according to that discipline of ours, it was not more lawful to be slain than to slay?
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Discipline Law Willing
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
Christians are made, not born.
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Born Christian Place
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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Enough God Men Reveal
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
It is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
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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Feeling Lying Pain Suffering
And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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End Live Marriage
I believe because it is absurd.
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Believe Myself
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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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