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.
TERTULLIANWoman is a temple built over a sewer.
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Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.
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The blood of the Christians is seed.
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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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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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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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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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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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The 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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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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It is certain because it is possible.
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How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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