It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name. (Ignatius of Antioch)

It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.

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