Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
TERTULLIANIt is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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He who flees will fight again.
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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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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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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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Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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