Tertullian
Tertullian
Tertullian, full name Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, c. 155 – c. 240 AD, was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He is the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He also was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism. Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity" and "the founder of Western theology."...
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life selfishness benefits
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
men abortion fruit
He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
mean son rose
The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.
philosophy heresy
Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy
truth hatred enemy
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
work joy should
Where our joy is, there should our work be.
men want doe
Can a man be poor if he is free from want, if he does not covet the belongings of others, if he is rich in the possession of God? Rather, he is poor who possesses much but still craves for more.
men assuming enough
For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
soul doe moments
Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.
believe religion atheism
I believe BECAUSE it's impossible.
prayer men moments
Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
temples christian-women sewers
Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
inspirational teaching doe
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
baby taken angel
When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president, we solemnly profess that we disown the devil, his pomp, and his angels. After this we are immersed three times, making a somewhat larger pledge than the Lord appointed in the Gospel. Then we are taken up [a reference to the Roman tradition of recognizing a newborn baby as a member of the family]. We first taste a mixture of milk and honey and from that day we refrain from the daily bath for a whole week.