Where our joy is, there should our work be.
TERTULLIANTruth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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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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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Prevention of birth is premature murder, and it makes no difference whether it is a life already born that one snatches away or a life that is coming to birth.
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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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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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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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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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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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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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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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Christians are made, not born.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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