It is certain because it is possible.
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TertullianTertullian Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
TertullianTertullian The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
TertullianTertullian Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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TertullianTertullian The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
TertullianTertullian 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.
TertullianTertullian It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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TertullianTertullian He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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TertullianTertullian Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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