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The Lord's Prayer is truly the summary of the whole gospel. Since the Lord...after handling over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere, 'Ask and you will receive,' and since everyone has petitions which are peculiar to his circumstances, the regular and appropriate prayer (the Lord's Prayer) is said first, as the foundation of further desir

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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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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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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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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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See how these Christians love one another.
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The blood of the Christians is seed
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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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It is certain because it is impossible. -Certum est quia impossibile
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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 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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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the rank and file or lesser grades who neither engage in pagan sacrifices nor capital punishment, be admitted into the church? No on both counts.
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The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: 'Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.'
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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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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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The Lord challenges us to suffer persecutions and to confess Him. He wants thiose who belong to him to be brave and fearless. He himself shows how weakness of the flesh is overcome by courage of the Spirit....A christian is fearless.
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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