Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both … - Jaroslav Pelikan

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If these were my last moments on earth, I’d spend them fighting to save him with everything I had. If our roles were reversed, I knew he’d do the same".

Jaroslav Pelikan

Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors to the religion of their community; neither of them wrote anything; both of them were executed; and both have become the subject of traditions that are difficult or impossible to harmonize.

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If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen-nothing else matters.

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