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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
Christianity is greatest when it is hated by the world.
I would rather die for Christ than rule the whole earth.
Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church
It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real.
I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.
Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips, and the world in your heart.
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.
It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
[Jesus] was born and baptized that by his suffering he might purify the water.
Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?
Even though I be bound in the Name, I have not yet become perfected in Jesus Christ.
I am God's wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ's pure bread.
It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.
It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth.
Let no rank puff up anyone; for faith and love are paramount - the greatest blessings in the world.
Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an end.
I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.
Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.
Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ ...; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.
Our task is not one of producing persuasive propaganda; Christianity shows its greatness when it is hated by the world.
Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.
Do everything as if He were dwelling in us. Thus we shall be His temples and He will be within us as our God - as He actually is.
As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through Him.
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.
Now I begin to be a disciple. Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.
I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.
Now I begin to be a disciple... Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment... come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.
Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
Be careful, therefore, to take part only in the one Eucharist; for there is only one Flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ and one cup to unite us with His Blood.
Therefore run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father, and is with and has gone to one.
For Faith is the beginning and the end is love, and God is the two of them brought into unity. After these comes whatever else makes up a Christian gentleman.
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses.
Even the heavenly powers and the angels in their splendor and the principalities, both visible and invisible, must either believe in the Blood of Christ, or else face damnation.
I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God.
Your accord and harmonious love is a hymn to Jesus Christ...in perfect harmony, and taking your pitch from God, you may sing in unison and in one voice to the Father through Jesus Christ.
The Lord did nothing either of himself or through his apostles without his Father, with whom he is united; so too, you should undertake nothing without the bishop and the presbyters priests.
You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment.
There is one Physician, of flesh and of spirit, originate and unoriginate, God in man, true Life in death, son of Mary and son of God, first passible and then impassible: Jesus Christ our Lord.
From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.
Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings ... let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the evil torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ.
They that are of the flesh cannot do the works of the Spirit, neither can they that are spiritual do the works of the flesh, even as faith cannot do the works of unbelief, nor unbelief the works of faith.