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Citing the Psalms (45:14-15), Augustine distinguished between the interior beauty of the queen, symbolized by the faith itself, and her multicolored garments, represented by the many ways of living it.166 A great variety of practices was
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“In 164 BC they defeat the Seleucid army, recapture Jerusalem, and cleanse the temple. To celebrate the cleansing of the temple, the Jewish festival of Hanukkah is instituted, a holiday that Jews continue to celebrate today.”
― The Temple and the Tabernacle: A Study of God's Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation
― The Temple and the Tabernacle: A Study of God's Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation
“The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.”
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“And the judges did not believe him, because they were too good, and perhaps also too conscious of the very foundations of their profession, to admit that an average, “normal” person, neither feeble-minded nor indoctrinated nor cynical, could be perfectly incapable of telling right from wrong.”
― Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
― Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
“paradox is more than that: it should entail a conflict between two deeply held convictions.”
― The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
― The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
“Don’t talk to your children about that which you have spoken little with God.”
― Instructing a Child's Heart
― Instructing a Child's Heart
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