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Quotes by Theologian
"This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people'"
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"Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world."
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"The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened."
Past,
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"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."
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"Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy."
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"I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it."
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"Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned."
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"It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart."
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"Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is."
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"Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality."
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"I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself."
God,
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"In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians."
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"Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community."
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"Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past."
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"Jealousy is the grave of affection."
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"Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel."
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"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."
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"When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only."
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"Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism."
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"Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us."
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"Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back."
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"All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors."
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"As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples."
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"We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins."
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"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory."
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"As society advances the standard of poverty rises."
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"Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures."
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"If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."
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"He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory."
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"Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him."
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"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today."
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"How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt."
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"In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention."
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"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."
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"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings."
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"God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent - it extends through all space, with all other matter."
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"I believe that in the end the truth will conquer."
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"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."
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"We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips."
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"Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him."
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"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."
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"I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness."
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"Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy."
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"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false."
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"It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name."
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