Theodoret quotes
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“I have often come across convinced adepts of Greek mythology who mock our faith under the pretext that we do not say anything else to those whom we instruct in divine things, but merely command them to believe. They accuse the apostles of ignorance, labelling them barbarians, because they do not have the subtlety of eloquence; and they say that the cult of martyrs is ridiculous, considering it completely absurd for the living to seek assistance from the dead.”
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“The sun by the action of heat makes wax moist and mud dry, hardening the one while it softens the other, by the same operation producing exactly opposite results; thus, from the long-suffering of God, some derive benefit, and others harm; some are softened, while others are hardened.”
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“The docÂtrine of the Church should be proven, not announced. ThereÂfore show that the ScripÂtures teach these things.”
-- Theodoret
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“The ignorance of the oppressed is strength for the oppressor.”
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Source : "The Meaning of Life and Other Essays" by A.J. Ayer, ("The Concept of Freedom"), 1990.
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“Much of our ignorance is of ourselves. Our eyes are full of dust. Prejudice blinds us.”
Source : Abraham Coles (1885). “The Life and Teachings of Our Lord in Verse: Being a Complete Harmonized Exposition of the Four Gospels, with Original Notes Textual Index, Etc. Two Volumes in One, Vol. 1 -- The Evangel (second Edition), Vol. 2 -- The Light of the World”
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“I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.”
Source : Time magazine, November 01, 1963.
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“On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.”
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Source : Alan Furst (2010). “Spies of the Balkans: A Novel”, p.4, Random House
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Source : Anaxagoras, Patricia Curd (2007). “Anaxagoras of Clazomenae: Fragments and Testimonia : a Text and Translation with Notes and Essays”, p.72, University of Toronto Press
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