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"A man is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose" (Jim Elliott - Martyred missionary in the Amazon)
"When the man of God looks into the Word of God and sees the Son of God, he is changed by the power of God - into the image of God - for the glory of God (Warren Weirsbe - Christian evangelist)
"War does not increase the incidence of death. Death is total in every generation"
(C.S. Lewis - Christian writer)
Justin Martyr
in the Tibicinæ:—
Good reason finds a temple in all things
Wherein to worship; for what is the mind,
But just the voice of God within us placed?
Reason directs those who are truly pious and philosophical to honour and love only what is true, declining to follow traditional opinions, if these be worthless.
For not only does sound reason direct us to refuse the guidance of those who did or taught anything wrong, but it is incumbent on the lover of truth, by all means, and if death be threatened, even before his own life, to choose to do and say what is right. -Justin Martyr
But for the searching of the Scriptures and true knowledge of them, an honourable life is needed, and a pure soul, and that virtue which is according to Christ; so that the intellect guiding its path by it, may be able to attain what it desires, and to comprehend it, in so far as it is accessible to human nature to learn concerning the Word of God. - Athanasius (on the Incarnation of the Word)
Let us ask that peace may be soon restored; that we may be quickly helped in our concealments and our dangers; that those things may be fulfilled which the Lord deigns to show to his servants — the restoration of the Church, the security of our salvation; after the rains, serenity; after the darkness, light; after the storms and whirlwinds, a peaceful calm; the affectionate aids of paternal love, the accustomed grandeurs of the divine majesty whereby both the blasphemy of persecutors may be restrained, the repentance of the lapsed renewed, and the steadfast faith of the persevering may glory. -Cyprian of Carthage
Let us look not to things which are behind, whither the devil calls us back, but to things which are before, whither Christ calls us. Let us lift up our eyes to heaven, lest the earth with its delights and enticements deceive us. Let each one of us pray God not for himself only, but for all the brethren, even as the Lord has taught us to pray, when He bids to each one, not private prayer, but enjoined them, when they prayed, to pray for all in common prayer and concordant supplication. - Cyprian
For not every one who says a false thing lies, if he believes or opines that to be true which he says. -St Augustine
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