" Home to a young boy is merely a filling station. " - William D. Blake (pilgrimwb@aol.com)http://www.scopesys.com/today/ 21 Aug 17
Those who pirated Tyndale’s work used satirical colophons; one, poking fun at More, claimed to be ‘Printed in Utopia’;, another claimed that it was, ‘Printed at St Peter’s in Rome cum priveligio apostolico. while a third was ‘printed in Basle by Adam Anonymous’. - Brian Moynahan, Book of Fire
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ” ― Epictetus
In then long run, however, Mohammed wins out. Christianity spreads primarily by conversion, Islam by conversion and reproduction. Samuel P Huntington, The Clash of Civilisations, p 65
“The more we grow in faith and spiritual light, the more sensible are we of our present burdens, and the more vehemently do we groan for deliverance into the perfect liberty of the sons of God. This is the posture of their minds who have received the first fruits of the Spirit in the most eminent degree. The nearer anyone is to heaven, the more earnestly he desires to be there, because Christ is there.” John Owen, The Glory of Christ(Page 384)
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