On some occasions the bodies of the martyrs who had been devoured by wild beasts, upon the beasts being strangled, were found alive in their stomachs.

On some occasions the bodies of the martyrs who had been devoured by wild beasts, upon the beasts being strangled, were found alive in their stomachs.

Other writers of history recorded the fighting of wars waged for the sake of children and country and other possessions. But our narrative of the government of God will record in ineffaceable letters the most peaceful wars waged in behalf of the peace of the soul.

It is an act of virtue to deceive and lie, when by such means the interest of the church might be promoted.

It will sometimes be necessary to use falsehood for the benefit of those who need such a mode of treatment.

Having forbidden all unlawful marriage, and all unseemly practice, and the union of women with women and men with men.

[Christ's] character is twofold: like the head of the body in that he is regarded as God and yet comparable to the feet in that he put on humanity for the sake of our salvation, a man of passions like ours.