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."...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionAuthor
marriage ends marrying
And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
patience men he-man
Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
nature evil shame
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
time fighting shrewdness
Those who fled will fight another time.
possibility certain certitude
It is certain because it is possible.
christian sky earth
If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
christian blood grows
The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
absurd
It is to believed because it is absurd.
religious divorce vow
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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.
christian hurt enemy
The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
christian lying names
Whatever is born is the work of God. So whatever is plastered on, is the devil's work.... How unworthy of the Christian name it is to wear a fictitious face - you on whom simplicity in every form is enjoined! You, to whom lying with the tongue is not lawful, are lying in appearance.
eye skills skins
For those women sin against God when they rub their skin with ointments, stain their cheeks with rouge, and make their eyes prominent with antimony. To them, I suppose, the artistic skill of God is displeasing!