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“If a Jew has bought and circumcised a Christian slave or one belonging to any other religious community, he may under no circumstances keep the circumcised person in slavery; rather, whoever suffers such a thing shall obtain the privilege of freedom.”
Constantine the Great (272–337) said by 337 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 21 October 335 according to page 37 of Jews and Christians in the Holy Land: Palestine in the Fourth Century by Gunter Steinberger in 1999 (see also translation above)
“(To the Roman emperor) Why do you want to lose this crowd with the worship of gods? Learn about God, Creator of the world, and His only Son Jesus Christ, who freed humanity from hell with the cross!”
Catherine of Alexandria (282–305) said by 305 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To distribute money belongs to the imperial dignity, but I offer up for the imperial dignity itself personal service to the Giver.”
Aelia Flaccilla (356–386) said by 386 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quod optimus medicus sit quoque philosophus.”
Galen (129–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Title of a treatise; cited from Judith Perkins The Suffering Self (London: Routledge, 1995) p. 154.
“Whoever is a truly good man seeks a renown not by means of an ornament that does not belong to him but by means of his own virtue.”
Iamblichus (245–325) said by 325 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the Father begat the Son, he that was begotten had a beginning of existence: and from this it is evident, that there was a time when the Son was not. It therefore necessarily follows, that he had his substance from nothing.”
Arius (250–336) said by 336 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amma Sarah sent someone to say to Abba Paphnutius, 'Have you really done the work of God by letting your brother be despised?' and Abba Paphnutius said, 'Paphnutius is here with the intention of doing the work of God, and he has nothing to do with anyone else.'”
Paphnutius the Ascetic (350–350) said by 350 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even a high-ranking man convicted of wizardry will face torture.”
Constantius II (317–361) said by 361 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If Socrates died, then either he died when he was living, or when he was dead. But he couldn't have died when he was living, for he was not dead when he was living. But he couldn't have died when he was dead, for when he was dead he had already died. Therefore, Socrates never died.”
Sextus Empiricus (200–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sextus Empiricus quoted in Introduction to Logic by Paul Herrick (2013)
“Tot species, tantosque ortus variosque novatus una dies aperit, conficit ipsa dies.”
Ausonius (310–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: De Rosis Nascentibus", line 39; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics ([1929] 1943) p. 29.
“O grau de civilização de um povo é sempre proporcional à qualidade e à quantidade dos vinhos que consome.”
Babrius (100–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Deus fez os homens] "partícipes de sua própria imagem, nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, e criou-os a sua imagem e semelhança. Desta forma, por meio de tal graça, conheceriam a imagem, isto é, o Verbo do Pai, e poderiam por ele conceber a ideia do Pai".”
Atanásio de Alexandria (296–373) said by 373 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A brother visited Abba Moses at Scete asking him for a saying. The elder said to him: “Go and stay in a cell; your cell will teach you everything.”
Moses the Black (320–395) said by 395 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“νοῦς μὲν γὰρ μὴ σκεδαννύμενος ἐπὶ τὰ ἔξω μηδὲ ὑπὸ τῶν αἰσθητηρίων ἐπὶ τὸν κόσμον διαχεόμενος ἐπάνεισι μὲν πρὸς ἑαυτόν, δἰ ἑαυτοῦ δὲ πρὸς τὴν περὶ Θεοῦ ἔννοιαν ἀναβαίνει.”
Basil of Caesarea (329–379) said by 379 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ὁ αὐτὸς ἀββᾶς Μακάριος͵ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὢν͵ εὗ ρεν ἄνθρωπον ἔχοντα κτῆνος καὶ συλοῦντα τὰς χρείας αὐτοῦ· καὶ αὐτὸς ὡς ξένος παραστὰς τῷ συλοῦντι͵ συνεγέμου τὸ κτῆνος͵ καὶ μετὰ πολλῆς ἡσυχίας προέπεμπεν αὐτὸν͵ λέγων͵ ὅτι Οὐδὲν εἰσηνέγκαμεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον͵ δῆλον ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐξενεγκεῖν τι δυνάμεθα. Ὁ Κύριος ἔδωκεν· ὡς αὐτὸς ἠθέλη σεν͵ οὕτως καὶ ἐγένετο. Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ἐπὶ πᾶσιν”
Macarius of Egypt (300–391) said by 391 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cantet, amat quod quisque: levant et carmina curas.”
Nemesianus (200–300) said by 300 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abba Macarius said to Abba Zachariah: “Tell me, what is the task of the monk?” “You are asking me, father?” he said, and Abba Macarius said: “I have full confidence in you, Zachariah my son, for there is somebody inciting me to ask you.” Abba Zachariah said to him: “In my opinion, to constrain oneself in all things: that is being the monk.”
Zachariah the Recluse (301–399) said by 399 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Os deuses proclamaram Cristo para ter sido o mais piedoso, mas os cristãos são uma confusa e viciosa seita.”
Porfírio (233–301) said by 301 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unhappily, a love of walls has seized you; unhappily, the Church of God which you venerate exists in houses and buildings; unhappily, under these you find the name of peace. Is it doubtful that in these Antichrist will have his seat? Safer to me are mountains, and woods, and lakes, and dungeons, and whirlpools; since in these prophets, dwelling or immersed, did prophesy.”
Hilary of Poitiers (315–367) said by 367 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source