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• The Holy Scriptures praise the dew of the morning and the dew of the evening; ros matutinum, ros serotinum! Happy is he who possesses the gift of tears! when young, he will bear flowers; when old, fruit!

  Philibert Joseph Roux

  Morning, Flower, Tears

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• In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received. In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search for truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.

  Saint Augustine

  Fall, Vision, Progress

  "De Genesi ad Litteram" by Saint Augustine, translated by J.H. Taylor in "Ancient Christian Writers", 1982.

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• For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and praying is a waste of time; to shed tears is weak and womanish, to be needy is degrading; to suffer defeat is a disgrace and hardly fitting for one who scarcely permits the greatest of kings to kiss the toes of his sacred feet; and finally, death is an unattractive prospect, and dying on a cross would be an ignominious end.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Kings, Teaching, Hard Work

  Desiderius Erasmus (1986). “Literary and Educational Writings: Panegyricus and Philippum Austriaeducem. Moriae encomium. Dialogus Julius exclusus e coelis. Institutio principis christiani. Querela pacis”

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• I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony.

  George Carey

  Rooms, Scripture, Holy

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• For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to the extent that the grace of the Lord permits to inquiry into and investigation of the consensus of the true and purer antiquity.

  Martin Chemnitz

  Reading, Grace, Inquiry

  Martin Chemnitz (1971). “Examination of the Council of Trent”

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• The Holy Scriptures...can alone secure to society order and peace, and to our courts of justice and constitutions of government, purity, stability, and usefulness.....Bibles are strong entrenchments. Where they abound, men cannot pursue wicked courses and at the same time enjoy quiet conscience.

  James McHenry

  Strong, Men, Order

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• Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Spiritual, Prayer, Giving

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Jun 03, 2015

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• Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which relate to the efficacy of baptism or to explain the mysterious doctrine of that second birth which though it is our second is yet our first in Christ.

  St. Jerome

  Order, Baptism, Trying

  St. Jerome (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Saint Jerome (Annotated Edition)”, p.306, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example.

  Richard Furman

  Crazy, Stupid, Scary

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• It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Catholic, Add, Scripture

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• Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the operation of the Holy Spirit, I was reared from the very beginning by Christian parents. From them I learned even in babyhood the Holy Scriptures which led me to a knowledge of the truth.

  Saint Basil

  Christian, Jesus, Kindness

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• He who is anxious to attain a true understanding of holy Scripture, will discover the spiritual truths which are spoken by it to those who are called "spiritual," by comparing the meaning of what is addressed to those of weaker mind with what is announced to such as are of acuter understanding, both meanings being frequently found in the same passage by him who is capable of comprehending it.

  Origen

  Spiritual, Understanding, Mind

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• A theologian should be thoroughly in possession of the basis and source of faith--that is to say, the Holy Scriptures. Armed with this knowledge it was that I confounded and silenced all my adversaries; for they seek not to fathom and understand the Scriptures; they run them over negligently and drowsily; they speak, they write, they teach, according to the suggestion of their heedless imaginations.

  Martin Luther

  Running, Writing, Imagination

  Martin Luther (2017). “Martin Luther's Table Talk”, p.80, Gideon House Books

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• Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death.

  Karl Barth

  Jesus, Scripture, Christ

  1934 The Barmen Declaration adopted by the Confessing Church in Germany (translated by D S Bax, 1984).

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• Scriptura sacra mentis oculis quasi quoddam speculum opponitur, ut interna nostra facies in ipsa videatur. Holy scripture is placed before the eyes of our mind like a mirror, so that we may view our inner face therein.

  Pope Gregory I

  Eye, Mirrors, Views

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• My mom is very religious and she said, 'Whatever you think about all the time, that's what you worship.' If that's the case I'd like everyone to pop open their Diet Coke cans and turn to page 37 of their People Magazines. In this holy scripture, we read the parable of Ms. Valerie Bertinelli.

  Maria Bamford

  Mom, Religious, Thinking

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• Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.

  G. C. Berkouwer

  Character, Scripture, Christ

  G. C. Berkouwer (1975). “Holy Scripture”, p.166, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• We adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading beauties whose roots, being buried in dishonor, rise again in glory.

  John Evelyn

  Flower, Men, Roots

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• The doctrine of the double motion of the earth about its axis and about the sun is false, and entirely contrary to Holy Scripture.

  Pope Paul V

  Axes, Religion, Atheism

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• Holy Scripture is so exalted that there is no one in the world ... wise enough to understand it so fully that his intellect is not overcome by it. Nevertheless, man can stammer something about it.

  Angela of Foligno

  Bible, Wise, Men

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• The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to rail at and mock him. Music, too, is very good; music is hateful to him, and drives him far away.

  Martin Luther

  Religious, Humor, Devil

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• The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures.. are found upon comparison to be really part of the original law of nature. Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered to contradict these.

  William Blackstone

  Law, Two, Foundation

  William Blackstone (2016). “The Oxford Edition of Blackstone's: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book I: Of the Rights of Persons”, p.124, Oxford University Press

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• The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Scripture, Monk, Holy

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• I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Reading, Scripture, Thanksgiving Day

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• For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?

  Ambrose

  Scripture, Holy

  St. Ambrose (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Saint Ambrose (Annotated Edition)”, p.76, Jazzybee Verlag

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