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The life of Saint Issa
11 "Faith in sorcerers and their oracles destroys the innate simplicity in man and his child-like purity; an infernal power takes possession of him and forces him to commit all sorts of crimes and worship idols;"
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"While the Lord, our God, who has no equal, is one, allpowerful, all-knowing and present everywhere; it is He who alone possesses all wisdom and all light.”
13 "It is to Him that you must pray for being comforted in your grief, aided in your works, cured in your sickness; whoever will have recourse to Him will not suffer refusal."
1. 14 "The secret of nature is in the hands of God, for the world, before it appeared, existed in the depths of the Divine thought; it has become material and visible by the will of the Most High.”
15 "When you would seek Him, become children, for you know neither the past, nor the present nor the future and God is master of time."
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“Just man !" said the disguised servants of the Governor of Jerusalem, "tell us whether we should execute the will of our Caesar or await our near deliverance."
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And Issa having recognized in the questioners the people bribed to follow him, said to them: “I have not said that you would
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