A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
TERTULLIANPatience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
More Tertullian Quotes
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You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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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.
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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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Custom without truth is error grown old.
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It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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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.
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I believe because it is absurd.
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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
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And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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