He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
TERTULLIANArguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
More Tertullian Quotes
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Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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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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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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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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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
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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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Custom without truth is error grown old.
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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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