What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?
OrigenThe physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.
OrigenIf someone considers the prophetic writings with all the diligence and reverence they are worth, while he reads and examines with great care, it is certain that in that very act he will be struck in his mind and senses by some more divine breath and will recognize that the books he reads have not been produced in a human way, but are words of God.
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