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?
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.
More Tertullian Quotes
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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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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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Custom without truth is error grown old.
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A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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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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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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See how these Christians love one another.
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