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“I told Paul that society would fall apart because of his religion, as a cask without hoops, [and] he answered, 'Love is a stronger hoop than fear.”
― Quo Vadis
― Quo Vadis
“Now I no longer fear God, I love him, for love casts out fear.”
― The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection
― The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection
“I think Mary always needs Martha, and by Martha’s help Mary is praised.”
― The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection
― The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection
“Father,' said I, 'do you see this vase here, for example, or water pot or whatever?'
'Yes, I do', said he.
And I told him: 'Could it be called by any other name than what it is?'
And he said: 'No.'
'Well, so too I cannot be called anything other than what I am, a Christian.”
― The Acts of the Christian Martyrs
'Yes, I do', said he.
And I told him: 'Could it be called by any other name than what it is?'
And he said: 'No.'
'Well, so too I cannot be called anything other than what I am, a Christian.”
― The Acts of the Christian Martyrs
“I will state the following: I know not how the Christians order their own lives, but I know that where their religion begins, Roman rule ends, Rome itself ends, our mode of life ends, the distinction between conquered and conqueror, between rich and poor, lord and slave, ends, government ends, Caesar ends, law and all the order of the world ends; and in place of these appears Christ, with a certain mercy not existent hitherto, and kindness, opposed to human and our Roman instincts.”
― Quo Vadis
― Quo Vadis
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