Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
TERTULLIANTo forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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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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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Christians are made, not born.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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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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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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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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Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
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It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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I believe because it is absurd.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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The blood of the Christians is seed.
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You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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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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Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
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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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