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Doctrine T24

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T24 S1: Divine Institutes V.20

• Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/07015.htm (public-domain English translation)
• Text: “For religion is to be defended, not by putting to death, but by dying; not by cruelty, but by patient endurance; not by guilt, but by good faith: for the former belong to evils, but the latter to goods; and it is necessary for that which is good to have place in religion, and not that which is evil.”
• Context: Religion defended by suffering, not force.
• Bears on: T24.2
• Status: verified (English)