A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

Is not every true Reformer, by the nature of him, a Priest first of all? He appeals to Heaven’s invisible justice against Earth’s visible force; knows that it, the invisible, is strong and alone strong. He is a believer in the divine truth of things; a seer, seeing through the shows of things; a worshiper, in one way or the other, of the divine truth of things; a Priest, that is. If he be not first a Priest, he will never be good for much as a Reformer.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-15), “The Hero as Priest,” Home House, Portman Square, London

More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82359…

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A quotation from The Bible

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
 
[Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσετε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Galatians 6: 2 [KJV (1611)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/82160/

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A quotation from John Adams

Power always Sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon Foi, believes itself Right. Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast Views, beyond the Comprehension of the Weak; and that it is doing God Service when it is violating all his Laws.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/27193/

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The law of Moses in the Book of Psalms...#Biblewritings, #DivineLaw
https://steemit.com/spirituality/@bernardo69/the-true-bible-spirituality-in-the-way-of-your-testimonies-i-delight-as-much-as-in-all-riches-psalm-119-14

Isaiah in the Bible...#Bibleinspiration, #DivineLaw
https://steemit.com/trouble/@bernardo69/teaching-of-isaiah-tell-those-who-disobey-you-re-in-big-trouble-what-you-did-to-others-will-come-back-to-you-isaiah-3-11

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http://epistles.online/2025/07/24/real-safe-sex-for-christians/

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A quotation from Molière

TARTUFFE: Some joys, it’s true, are wrong in Heaven’s eyes;
Yet Heaven is not averse to compromise;
There is a science, lately formulated.
Whereby one’s conscience may be liberated,
And any wrongful act you care to mention
May be redeemed by purity of intention.
I’ll teach you. Madam, the secrets of that science;
Meanwhile, just place on me your full reliance.
Assuage my keen desires, and feel no dread:
The sin, if any, shall be on my head.
 
[Le ciel défend, de vrai, certains contentements;
Mais on trouve avec lui des accommodements.
Selon divers besoins, il est une science
D’étendre les liens de notre conscience,
Et de rectifier le mal de l’action
Avec la pureté de notre intention.
De ces secrets, madame, on saura vous instruire ;
Vous n’avez seulement qu’à vous laisser conduire.
Contentez mon désir, et n’ayez point d’effroi ;
Je vous réponds de tout, et prends le mal sur moi.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, Act 4, sc. 5 (1664) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/65413/

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A quotation from Robert Bolt

MARGARET: Father, that man’s bad.
MORE: There is no law against that.
ROPER: There is! God’s law!
MORE: Then God can arrest him.

Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
A Man for All Seasons, play, Act 1 (1960)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bolt-robert/74510/

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A quotation from Housman, A. E.:

«
And how am I to face the odds
Of man’s bedevilment and God’s?
I, a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/housman-a-e/1965/

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Bible and friendship...#Biblethought, #DivineLaw
https://steemit.com/united/@bernardo69/the-bible-and-friendship-i-am-united-with-all-who-fear-you-and-with-everyone-who-keeps-your-precepts-psalm-119-63

Remember the law...#BlessingsofGod, #DivineLaw
https://steemit.com/blessings/@bernardo69/remember-the-law-all-these-blessings-will-come-on-you-and-accompany-you-if-you-obey-the-lord-your-god

Power is a doubled-edged sword...#Divinelaw, #spiritualnourishment...
https://steemit.com/power/@bernardo69/power-is-a-doubled-edged-sword-kings-that-do-evil-are-defiled-because-the-throne-is-established-in-righteousness-proverbs-16-12

Middle Platonism represents the first two centuries of the current era (CE), it’s an amalgam of Platonism with Stoicism (with an emphasis on logos/divine law ordering the natural world) and Neo-Pythagoreanism (in view of its concept of emanation)... Continue reading at philosophy indefinitely...
#philosophy #platonism #Neoplatonism #stoicism #divinelaw #logos #historyofphilosophy #AncientGreekPhilosophy #mastodonphilosophy https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2019/08/12/middle-neo-platonism/

A quotation from Bible, vol. 1, Old Testament:

«
You have been told, O mortal, what is good,
And what God requires of you:
Only to do justice
And to love goodness,
And to walk modestly with your God.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bible-ot/4584/

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