It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
TERTULLIANNature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
More Tertullian Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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It is to believed because it is absurd.
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You 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.
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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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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And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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There is strife between God’s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
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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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How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Patience is God’s nature.
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