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I believe because it is absurd.

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Tertullian
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Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
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The Word, then, the Christ, is the cause both of our ancient beginning, for lie was in God, and of our well-being. And now this same Word has appeared as man. He alone is both God and man, and the source of all our good things
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Those who fled will fight another time.
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Thus the connection of the Father in the Son, and of the Son in the Paraclete, produces three coherent Persons, who are yet distinct One from Another. These three are one [thing], not one [Person], as it is said, 'I and my Father are One,' in respect of unity of substance not singularity of number.
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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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See how these Christians love one another.
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It is certain because it is impossible. -Certum est quia impossibile
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I believe BECAUSE it's impossible.
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Away with the one who is always seeking, for he never finds anything for he is seeking where nothing can be found. Away with the one who is always knocking, for he knocks where there is no one to open away with the one who is always asking, for he asks of one who does not hear.
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The blood of the Christians is 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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The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'
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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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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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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 Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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There are still preserved among Christians traces of that Holy Spirit that appeared in the form of a dove. They expel evil spirits, perform many cures, and foresee certain events.
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Illustrious confessors of Jesus Christ, a Christian finds in prison the same joys as the prophets tasted in the desert. Call it not a dungeon, but a solitude. When the soul is in heaven, the body feels not the weight of fetters it carries the whole man along with it.
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