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He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother.

In the original Latin

Habere non potest Deum patrem qui ecclesiam non habet matrem.

St. Cyprian

251

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Catholic church God and man Christianity

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251 Early Christianity

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St. Cyprian

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Saint Cyprian. De Ecclesiae Catholicae Unitate. c. 251, ch. 6.

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