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Christianity4 quotes
There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother. — St. Cyprian · 251Christians are not born, but made. — St. Jerome · 403It is to believed because it is absurd. — Tertullian · 206God and man4 quotes
Our heart is restless until it rests in you. — St. Augustine · 400He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother. — St. Cyprian · 251Too late I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Too late I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself and there I searched for you. — St. Augustine · 400God became man so that man might become God. — Athanasius · 318Salvation3 quotes
There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256There is no salvation outside the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256Christians are not born, but made. — St. Jerome · 403Catholic church2 quotes
There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother. — St. Cyprian · 251Custom and convention2 quotes
When you are at Rome live in the Roman style: when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. — St. Ambrose · 397The Lord says in the gospel; "I am the Truth." He does not say "I am custom." Therefore, when the truth is made manifest, custom must give way to truth. — Libosus of Vaga · 400Religion2 quotes
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion. — Tertullian · 217Truth2 quotes
Truth does not blush. — Tertullian · 207The Lord says in the gospel; "I am the Truth." He does not say "I am custom." Therefore, when the truth is made manifest, custom must give way to truth. — Libosus of Vaga · 400Adaptability1 quote
When you are at Rome live in the Roman style: when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. — St. Ambrose · 397Animals1 quote
Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice. — St. Jerome · 394Assigning blame1 quote
If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source. — St. Jerome · 379Athens1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Athens and Jerusalem1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Athletes1 quote
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow. — St. Jerome · 374Bad to worse1 quote
Out of the frying pan into the fire. — Tertullian · 206Chastity1 quote
Give me chastity and continency—but not yet! — St. Augustine · 398Children1 quote
The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls. — St. Augustine · 400Christians1 quote
Christians are not born, but made. — St. Jerome · 403Communication1 quote
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. — St. Jerome · 394Community1 quote
A people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love. — St. Augustine · 426Cultural sensitivity1 quote
When you are at Rome live in the Roman style: when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. — St. Ambrose · 397Decline of civilization1 quote
The Roman world is falling, yet we hold our heads erect instead of bowing our necks. — St. Jerome · 396Faith1 quote
It is to believed because it is absurd. — Tertullian · 206First impressions1 quote
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? — St. Jerome · 403Freedom of religion1 quote
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion. — Tertullian · 217Friends1 quote
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. — St. Jerome · 374Friendship1 quote
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. — St. Jerome · 374Goodwill1 quote
Hear the other side. — St. Augustine · 391Hard work1 quote
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow. — St. Jerome · 374Housework and homemaking1 quote
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. — St. Jerome · 394