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Tertullian

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Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.


— Tertullian


#every #evil #fear #nature #shame

The first reaction to truth is hatred.


— Tertullian


#hatred #reaction #truth #truth is

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.


— Tertullian


#confers #dies #himself #lives #only

The entire fruit is already present in the seed.


— Tertullian


#entire #fruit #present #seed

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.


— Tertullian


#money #nothing #obtainable

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


#feeling #injure #lies #pain #pleasure

Fear is the foundation of safety.


— Tertullian


#foundation #safety

Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.


— Tertullian


#complete #completing #either #hurrying #indeed

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'


— Tertullian


#earning #harsh #i #live #living

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.


— Tertullian


#church #martyrs #seed






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Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity" and "the founder of Western theology. Most history about him comes from passing. Life
Scant reliable evidence exists to inform us about Tertullian's life.

He wrote his trinitarian formula after becoming a Montanist. Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity" and "the founder of Western theology. Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus anglicised as Tertullian (c.

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