Tertullian
Tertullian
Tertullian, full name Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, c. 155 – c. 240 AD, was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He is the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He also was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism. Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity" and "the founder of Western theology."...
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pleasure dies
Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
states impossibility
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
office church speak
It is not permitted for a woman to speak in the church, nor is it permitted for her to teach, nor to baptize, nor to offer [the eucharist], nor to claim for herself a share in any masculine function- not to mention any priestly office.
differences prevention birth
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.
marriage ends marrying
And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
nature evil shame
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
possibility certain certitude
It is certain because it is possible.
absurd
It is to believed because it is absurd.
fire frying-pans thai
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
bible christian scripture
I revere the fullness of His Scripture, in which He manifests to me both the Creator and creation. In the gospel moreover, I discover a Minister and Witness of the Creator, even His Word.
military sacrifice punishment
But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the rank and file or lesser grades who neither engage in pagan sacrifices nor capital punishment, be admitted into the church? No on both counts.
kings hero violence
Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
rivals violence flags
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
discipline doctrine
Discipline is an index to doctrine.