It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
TERTULLIANIt is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
TERTULLIANThe blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
TERTULLIANNow then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
TERTULLIANPrayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
TERTULLIANHe who flees will fight again.
TERTULLIANChristians are made, not born.
TERTULLIANCustom without truth is error grown old.
TERTULLIANPatience is God’s nature.
TERTULLIANFear is the foundation of safety.
TERTULLIANAll 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.
TERTULLIANPrevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
TERTULLIANTo forbid birth is only quicker murder.
TERTULLIANMen remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
TERTULLIANTruth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
TERTULLIANIf 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?
TERTULLIANThe soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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