Discipline is an index to doctrine.
TERTULLIANThe more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
More Tertullian Quotes
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
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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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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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The 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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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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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?
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He who flees will fight again.
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See how these Christians love one another.
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Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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