Hippolytus of Rome quotes

“Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.”
-- Hippolytus of Rome

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“Women who were reputed believers began to resort to drugs for producing sterility. They also girded themselves around, so as to expel what was being conceived. For they did not wish to have a child by either slave or by any common fellow - out of concern for their family and their excessive wealth. See what a great impiety the lawless one has advanced! He teaches adultery and murder at the same time!”
-- Hippolytus of Rome

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“A heavenly light more brilliant than all others sheds its radiance everywhere, and he who was begotten before the morning star and all the stars of heaven, Christ, mighty and immortal, shines upon all creatures more brightly than the sun.”
-- Hippolytus of Rome

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“Fly to the Catholic Church! Adhere to the only faith which continues to exist from the beginning, that faith which was preached by Paul and is upheld by the Chair of Peter.”
-- Hippolytus of Rome

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“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”

“There is not a command God gives to His children for which He does not provide the enablement for obedience.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

“I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.”

“When we have accepted Jesus Christ, we have become akin to the Father; having become real children of God, we then have the spirit of sonship by which we can come into His presence and make known our wants in a familiar way.”

“It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.”

Source : "Once upon a life" by A. N. Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2011.

“If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds”

“When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare.”

“I was a wonderful parent before I had children.”

Source : Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, Joanna Faber (2012). “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

“I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“This doctrine of baptism for the dead is a great doctrine, one of the most glorious doctrines that was ever revealed to the human family; and there are light, power, glory, honor and immortality in it.”