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.
TERTULLIANWe say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced…the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.
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Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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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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It is certain because it is possible.
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The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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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 blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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I believe because it is absurd.
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It is to believed because it is absurd.
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A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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