Tori

“The word “canon” is derived from a Greek term, perhaps borrowed from the Phoenicians; it probably originally meant a rod or ruler for measuring objects. Its application to the books of the Bible can thus be traced to the series of gradations found on measuring rods (hence multiple individual items gathered for one purpose) and, even more important, to the function of such measures as rules or norms (hence the sense of “canon” as a standard).”
― Mark A. Noll, Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

“Toward the end of the second century, Irenaeus of Lyons offered an interesting and, to believers of his day, plausible account of why four Gospels existed to tell of the life of Christ: “For, since there are four zones of the world in which we live, and four principal winds, while the church is scattered throughout all the world, and the ‘pillar and ground’ of the church is the gospel and the spirit of life; it is fitting that she should have four pillars, breathing out immortality on every side, and [kindling human life anew]. From which fact, it is evident that the Word, . . . He who was manifested to men, has given us the gospel under four aspects, but bound together by one Spirit.”[9]”
― Mark A. Noll, Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

“Perhaps there was an extraordinary kind of power, being that strong in a body so small.”
― Ursa Dax, Alien Enemy

“I have found out the hard way that sometimes the things we want most take the longest. The seasonings of time, and desire, and hard work are like nothing else.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Beast