And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
TERTULLIANThe whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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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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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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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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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.
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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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I believe because it is absurd.
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It is certain because it is possible.
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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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What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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