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Christianity4 quotes
There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. — Tertullian · 197He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother. — St. Cyprian · 251It is to believed because it is absurd. — Tertullian · 206Catholic 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
The 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 · 400Man is a child of the customs and the things he has become used to. He is not the product of his natural disposition and temperment. The conditions to which he has become accustomed, until they have become for him a quality of character and matters of habit and custom, have replaced his natural disposition. — Ibn Khaldun · 1377Religion2 quotes
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion. — Tertullian · 217Salvation2 quotes
There cannot be salvation for any, except in the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256There is no salvation outside the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256The Church2 quotes
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. — Tertullian · 197There is no salvation outside the Church. — St. Cyprian · 256Truth2 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 · 400Athens1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Athens and Jerusalem1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Avoiding war1 quote
He is wise who tries everything before arms. — Terence · 161 BCBad to worse1 quote
Out of the frying pan into the fire. — Tertullian · 206Courage1 quote
Fortune assists the brave. — Terence · 161 BCFaith1 quote
It is to believed because it is absurd. — Tertullian · 206Fortune1 quote
Fortune assists the brave. — Terence · 161 BCFreedom of religion1 quote
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion. — Tertullian · 217God and man1 quote
He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother. — St. Cyprian · 251Jerusalem1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Language1 quote
Man is one name belonging to every nation upon earth. In them all is one soul though many tongues. Every country has its own language; yet the subjects of which the untutored soul speaks are the same everywhere. — Tertullian · 198Love1 quote
Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love. — Terence · 166 BCMartyrs1 quote
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. — Tertullian · 197Men and women1 quote
I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination. — Terence · 161 BCMoral absolutism1 quote
The 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 · 400Moral theory1 quote
The 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 · 400Morality1 quote
The 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 · 400Nothing new under the sun1 quote
Nothing has yet been said that's not been said before. — Terence · 161 BCPessimism1 quote
Some people ask, "What if the sky were to fall?" — Terence · 163 BCPhilosophy1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220Randomness1 quote
There are vicissitudes in all things. — Terence · 161 BCReconciliation1 quote
Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love. — Terence · 166 BC