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And guess what he finds. Nothing. And I mean that literally. Not a de Brogliesque absence of presence but a Tertullian presence of absence.
— Evan Dara
Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.
— Tertullian
See how these Christians love one another.
— Tertullian
Where our joy is, there should our work be.
— Tertullian
If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions.
— Tertullian
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
— Tertullian
The blood of the Christians is seed
— Tertullian
Christians are made, not born.
— Tertullian
It is to believed because it is absurd.
— Tertullian
Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
— Tertullian
Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
— Tertullian
It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
— Tertullian
The entire fruit is already present in the seed.
— Tertullian
I believe because it is absurd.
— Tertullian
The blood of Christians is seed.
— Tertullian
Montanist Christians like Tertullian believed that Jesus possessed the same divine quality as God, but not in the same quantity as God.
— Reza Aslan
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
— Tertullian
I believe BECAUSE it's impossible.
— Tertullian
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
— Tertullian
The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'
— Tertullian
It is certain because it is impossible
— Tertullian
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
— Tertullian
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
— Tertullian
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
— Tertullian
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
— Tertullian
Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.
— Tertullian
Fear is the foundation of safety.
— Tertullian
It is certain because it is possible.
— Tertullian
Patience is God's nature.
— Tertullian
It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
— Tertullian
A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
— Tertullian
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
— Tertullian
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.
— Tertullian
You say we worship the sun; so do you.
— Tertullian
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.
— Tertullian
God the Father's a deep root; the Son's the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance
— Tertullian
Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
— Tertullian
The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God's fair bride; and maiden's souls are such.
— Tertullian
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
— Tertullian
The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
— Tertullian
Those who fled will fight another time.
— Tertullian
Where our work is, there let our joy be.
— Tertullian
There is strife between God s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
— Tertullian
Discipline is an index to doctrine.
— Tertullian
Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
— Tertullian
The nature of rumor is known to all.
— Tertullian
Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God
— Tertullian
Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
— Tertullian
Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
— Tertullian
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
— Tertullian
He who flees will fight again.
— Tertullian
Custom without truth is error grown old.
— Tertullian