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A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation,…
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With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them which for…
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The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry…
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A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but…
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A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.
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But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of…
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The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.
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The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of…
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We are not the only animal that mourns; apes do, and elephants, and dogs. Yet we are the only one that tortures.
— Geraldine Brooks
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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
— Lucretius
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I am convinced that boredom is one of the greatest tortures. If I were to imagine Hell, it would be the place…
— Erich Fromm
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Death is not as terrible as you think. It comes to you as a healer. Sleep is nothing but a counterfeit death.…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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Now do I begin to be a disciple of Christ, and care for nothing in this world, that so I may find…
— Ignatius of Antioch
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Remember one very fundamental thing about life: Any experience that has not been lived will hang around you, will persist: "Finish me!…
— Rajneesh
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A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but…
— John Foxe
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...I couldn't but surmise that the devil, looking at the cruel wars that Christianity has occasioned, the persecutions, the tortures Christian has…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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