Tertullian

Tertullian (2nd and 3rd Century theologian from Carthage)


"Heretics and philosophers perpend the same themes and are caught up in the same discussions. What is the origin of evil, and why? The origin of humans, and how?"

• "Prescriptian of the Heretics" by Tertullian, translated by S. L. Greenslade (SCM  Press, 1956). 

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Tertullian

Tertullian (2nd-3rd century Roman theologian)

"You ought to choose things that are good for you rather than things which are merely not bad for you."

• From Tertullian: Treatises on Marriage and Remarriage translated by William P. Le Saint, 1951.

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Tertullian (2nd and 3rd century Christian theologian)

"If the Tiber rises as high as the city walls, if the Nile does not rise to the fields, if the weather will not change, if there is an earthquake, a famine, a plague--straightway the cry is heard: 'Toss the Christians to the lion!' So many of them for just one beast?"

• From Tertullian's Apology, translated by Rudolph Arbesmann.

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Tertullian

Tertullian (2nd and 3rd century CE)

"When people who are upright and good assemble, when the pious and virtuous gather together, the meeting should be called not a secret society but a senate."

• From Apology by Tertullian, edited by Rudolph Arbesmann.

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