"To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than……" — Saint John Chrysostom
"To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'"
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Saint John Chrysostom
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122 Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom
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