Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 1732
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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35. But, say my opponents, if souls are mortal and [3639] of neutral character, how can they from their neutral properties become immortal? If we should say that we do not know this, and only believe it because said by [3640] One mightier than we, when will our readiness of belief seem mistaken if we believe [3641] that to the almighty King nothing is hard, nothing difficult, and that [3642] what is impossible to us is possible to Him and at His command? [3643] For is there anything which may withstand His will, or does it not follow [3644] of necessity that what He has willed must be …
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