Galerius Maximus - The authority of the law shall be sealed in your blood,. It is the sentence_ of this court that Thesis Cyprian be executed by the sword.
Cyprian: Thanks be to God -The Acts of St Cyprian, in 2000 years of Christ's power, part one, The age of the early church fathers, N R Needham p.142
African Catholics did not rebaptise Donatists who rejoined them. Augustine argued that the validity of baptism did not depend on the personal worthiness or orthodoxy of the clergyman who baptises, but on Christ himself. As long as Christ's command to baptise with water in the name of the Trinity was obeyed, the baptism was valid - it was really Christ himself who was baptising the convert through the act of presbyter or bishop. - 2000 years of Christ's power, part one, The age of the early church fathers, N R Meedham p.245
Israel's biggest struggle was not with hostile nation but with false prophets in the camp or within the gates of the city.- R C Sproul, Everyone's a theologian An introduction to systematic theology. p.22
Truth in the Old Testament is not defined philosophically, but relationally. Its a root idea is faithfulness - firmness, steadfastness, trustworthiness, reliability. sureness. On the one hand, truth refers to the faithfulness of God. On the other hand, the Truth refers to human beings demonstrating faithful by living and speaking the truth. - Patrick Sookhdeo, The death of Western Christianity, p.71
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