Italian - Saint | 339 - 397
The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
Saint Ambrose
ChurchAboveEmperor
Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.
GodThingsRenderCaesar
God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
GodDeathDesireActSinnerRather
Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns.
YouTakeAwayMartyrsTakenCrowns
There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
ReligionMindEvilNothingSave
The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.
BestGoldWayRedemptionPerilUse
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