Tertullian

Books by Tertullian

Apologeticum
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Apology

De spectaculis
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The apology of Tertullian

with English notes and a preface intended as an introduction to the study of patristical and ecclesiastical latinity
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'
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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.
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A man becomes a Christian; he is not born one.
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In disarming Peter, Christ disarmed every soldier.
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He who flees will fight again.
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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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I believe because it is impossible.
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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.
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