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“Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.” quote by Pope Leo I — Download Open image

“Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.”

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God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation.

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Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.

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As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless in the beauty of things visible the Creator rather than the creature is loved; for, when He says, 'you shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and from all your mind, and from all your…

Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, He began to exist at a moment in time.

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He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error.

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I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation.

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