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Marriage has three goods: the first is the procreation and education of children for the worship of God; the second is the fidelity which one spouse owes the other; the third is the sacrament: the indivisibility of marriage, because it signifies the indivisible union of Christ
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Christ is the king of the universe.
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Christ is the king of the universe.
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God is not only true, but truth itself.
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Christ is the king of the universe
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It is right that her name is Mary, which means star of the sea (stella maris), because just as sailors are guided by a star to port, so too Christians are guided by Mary to glory.
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Christ is the king of the universe.
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Christ is the king of the universe.
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Baptism is a spiritual regeneration.
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It is right that her name is Mary, which means star of the sea (stella maris), because just as sailors are guided by a star to port, so too Christians are guided by Mary to glory.
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God is not only true, but truth itself.
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Christ is the king of the universe.
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Baptism is a spiritual regeneration.
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God is not only true, but truth itself.
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The love of God is better than the knowledge of God (ST 1.82.3).
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To kill the innocent is against the natural law.
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A woman is the image of God.
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Christ is the king of the universe.
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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A woman is the image of God.
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The woman was not formed from the feet of the man as a servant, nor from the head as lording it over her husband, but from the side as a companion, as it says in Genesis (2:21).
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
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God is more ready to show mercy than to punish.
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God is not only true, but truth itself.
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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If you wish to be saved, look on the face of your Christ.
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God is not only true, but truth itself.
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Sadness is quelled through sleep.
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Christ is the king of the universe.
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It is by sitting and being quiet that the soul becomes wise and discerning.
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Human law prohibits murder.
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A healthy mind pays more attention to what is good than to what is bad (ST 2-2.106.3).
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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Truth is a part of justice.
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A woman is the image of God.
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The love of God is better than the knowledge of God (ST 1.82.3).
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God is not only true, but truth itself.
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Disordered self-love is the cause of every sin (ST 1-2.77.4).
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A woman is the image of God.
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Adultery is more grave than theft, since a man’s wife is more dear to him than his possessions (ST 1-2.73.5ad1).
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Sadness is quelled through sleep.
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If you wish to be saved, look on the face of your Christ.
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Christ is the king of the universe.
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The love of God is better than the knowledge of God (ST 1.82.3).
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The love of God is better than the knowledge of God (ST 1.82.3).
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To love is to will the good of someone.
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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He that is drunk is excused if he knows not the strength of the wine.
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It is right that her name is Mary, which means star of the sea (stella maris), because just as sailors are guided by a star to port, so too Christians are guided by Mary to glory.
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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God is more ready to show mercy than to punish.
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Adultery is more grave than theft, since a man’s wife is more dear to him than his possessions (ST 1-2.73.5ad1).
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Sadness is quelled through sleep.
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It is impossible to maintain friendship with an evil person without becoming somewhat like him in evil (Commentary on Nichomachean Ethics 9).
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
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Christ appeared to the woman first, for this reason, that as a woman was the first to bring the source of death to man, so she might be the first to announce the dawn of Christ's glorious Resurrection.
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To kill the innocent is against the natural law.
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God is more ready to show mercy than to punish.
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Everything that the Lord did or suffered in the flesh is an instruction and an example for our salvation.
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A healthy mind pays more attention to what is good than to what is bad (ST 2-2.106.3).
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
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The light of glory, whereby God is seen, is in God perfectly and naturally.
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The effect intended in the administration of the sacraments is the healing of the disease of sin.
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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It is a sign of humility for a man to not think too much of himself.
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Truth does not depend on what one thinks but on the existence of things (On Truth 1.2ad3).
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Pride is a special sin, because it has a special object, for it is an inordinate desire of one's own eminence.
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It is impossible to maintain friendship with an evil person without becoming somewhat like him in evil (Commentary on Nichomachean Ethics 9).
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God is more ready to show mercy than to punish.
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A woman is the image of God.
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God is more ready to show mercy than to punish.
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The love of God is better than the knowledge of God (ST 1.82.3).
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The woman was not formed from the feet of the man as a servant, nor from the head as lording it over her husband, but from the side as a companion, as it says in Genesis (2:21).
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Excess sadness is a disease of the mind, but mild sadness is the mark of a well-conditioned mind, according to the present state of life (ST 1-2 59.3ad3).
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It is impossible to maintain friendship with an evil person without becoming somewhat like him in evil (Commentary on Nichomachean Ethics 9).
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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Baptism is a spiritual regeneration.
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God is more ready to show mercy than to punish.
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It is clearly impossible to have patience without the help of grace.
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Stephen prays for those that stoned him, because they had not yet believed on Christ;
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If the emperor commands one thing and God another, you must disregard the former and obey God (ST 2-2.104.5).
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The love of bodily pleasures leads man to have a distaste for spiritual things, and not to hope for them as arduous goods. In this way, lust causes despair (ST 2-2.20.4).
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The woman was not formed from the feet of the man as a servant, nor from the head as lording it over her husband, but from the side as a companion, as it says in Genesis (2:21).
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The love of bodily pleasures leads man to have a distaste for spiritual things, and not to hope for them as arduous goods. In this way, lust causes despair (ST 2-2.20.4).
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To kill the innocent is against the natural law.
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The perfection of an effect is the sign of the perfection of its cause (ScG 3.69).
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Excommunication is a punishment and a healing medicine.
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It is impossible to maintain friendship with an evil person without becoming somewhat like him in evil (Commentary on Nichomachean Ethics 9).
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Adultery is more grave than theft, since a man’s wife is more dear to him than his possessions (ST 1-2.73.5ad1).
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Vice destroys, and virtue preserves.
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The essential and primary end of marriage is the good of children.
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
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God is not only true, but truth itself.
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Disordered self-love is the cause of every sin (ST 1-2.77.4).
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