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Tertullian
To us continence has been pointed out by the Lord of salvation as an instrument for attaining eternity, (1) and as a testimony of (our) faith; as a commendation of…
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Not even that species of impatience under the loss of our dear ones is excused, where some assertion of a right to grief acts the patron to it. For the…
I know not whether any further point is mooted to bring baptism into controversy. Permit me to call to mind what I have omitted above, lest I seem to break…
For even by this very fact, that He exempts from eating that flesh only the ‘soul’ of which is not out-shed through ‘blood, ’ it is manifest that He has…
If we think over the rest of faults, tracing them from their generations, let us begin with covetousness, a root of all evils, (5) wherewith, indeed, some having been ensnared…
For before her doors it stands, and by the example of its own stigma admonishes all others, and calls at the same time to its own aid the brethren’s tears…
PMAlbeit Israel washed daily all his limbs over, yet is he never clean. His hands, at all events, are ever unclean, eternally dyed with the blood of the prophets, and…
To reckon up the good, of repentance, the subject-matter is copious, and therefore should be committed to great eloquence. Let us, however, in proportion to our narrow abilities, inculcate one…
Since(24) you think that this lay within the competency of your own arbitrary choice, you must needs have supposed that being born(25) was either impossible for God, or unbecoming to…
Hence it is that heretics start at once from this point, (1) from which they sketch the first draft of their dogmas, and afterwards add the details, being well aware…
THE earth brings forth, as if by suppuration, great evil from the diminutive scorpion. The poisons are as many as are the kinds of it, the disasters as many as…
Afterwards, they preferred to disguise this ungodly usage by making it a pleasure. So, after the persons thus procured had been trained–for the sole purpose of learning how to be…
I am more afraid of them than of Anytus and his associates, who are dangerous, too, in their own way. But far more dangerous are these, who began when you…
(4) But why are we a source of danger to others? Why do we excite concupiscence in others? If the Lord in amplifying the Law does not make a distinction…
And how long shall we draw the saw to and fro through this line, when we have an ancient practice, which by anticipation has made for us the state, i.e…
Having sufficiently established the charge of idolatry, which alone ought to be reason enough for our giving up the shows, let us now ex abundanti look at the subject in…
But grant that these argumentations may be thought to be forced and founded on con- jectures, if no dogmatic teachings have stood parallel with them which the Lord uttered in…
Besides, it would be a harsh and absurd proceeding to exempt anything from the class cf corporeal beings, on the ground that it is not exactly like the other constituents…
The very stumbling-block which he declares Christ to be to the Jews, (16) points unmistakeably(17) to the Creator’s prophecy respecting Him, when by Isaiah He says: Behold I lay in…
You must know that in the eye of perfect, that is, Christian, modesty, (carnal) desire of one’s self (on the part of others) is not only not to be desired…
Let us now see whether the apostle withal observes the norm of this name in accordance with Genesis, attributing it to the sex; calling the virgin Mary a woman, just…
For even by this very fact, that He exempts from eating that flesh only the ‘soul’ of which is not out-shed through ‘blood,’ it is manifest that He has conceded…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
For why should God, the founder of the universe, the Governor of the whole world, (4) the Fashioner of humanity, the Sower(5) of universal nations be believed to have given…
The principal, and indeed(3) the whole, contention lies in the point of number: whether two Gods may be admitted, by poetic licence (if they must be), (4) or pictorial fancy…
Additional Translator Are Emily Joseph Daly And Edwin A. Quain. Fathers Of The Church, Volume 40.
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The principal, and indeed(3) the whole, contention lies in the point of number: whether two Gods may be admitted, by poetic licence (if they must be),(4) or pictorial fancy, or…
Tertullian Ca 160-Ca 230
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Geoffrey D. Dunn
Tertullian was one of the first theologians of the Western Church and ranks among the most prominent of the early Latin fathers. His literary output is wide-ranging, and provides an…
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