Tertullian on discipline
Tertullian74 quotes“You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.”
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TertullianTertullian Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
TertullianTertullian Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
TertullianTertullian The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
TertullianTertullian Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
TertullianTertullian Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
TertullianTertullian Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
TertullianTertullian Where our joy is, there should our work be.
TertullianTertullian I believe because it is absurd.
TertullianTertullian The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
TertullianTertullian 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.
TertullianTertullian The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
TertullianTertullian 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.
TertullianTertullian You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
TertullianTertullian God the Father’s a deep root; the Son’s the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance.
TertullianTertullian Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.
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