He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
TERTULLIANHe who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
TERTULLIANPrevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
TERTULLIANIt is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
TERTULLIANShall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
TERTULLIANCan we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
TERTULLIANThe flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
TERTULLIANDiscipline is an index to doctrine.
TERTULLIANThe more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
TERTULLIANTo forbid birth is only quicker murder.
TERTULLIANArguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
TERTULLIANIt is certain because it is possible.
TERTULLIANFear is the foundation of safety.
TERTULLIANNow 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.
TERTULLIANTruth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
TERTULLIANYou can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
TERTULLIANThe nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
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