All Tertullian Quotes
- Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ. Carry
- Discipline is an index to doctrine. Discipline
- In pain shall you bring forth children, woman, and you shall turn to your husband and he shall rule over you. And do you not… All
- But all the other frenzies of passions-impious both toward the bodies and toward the sexes-beyond the laws of nature, we banish not only from the… All
- The angels as the guardians of men are set over men as instructors and monitors. This shows the relationship that is to exist between them.… Already Implied
- What is nobler than to tread under foot the gods of the nations, to exorcise evil spirits, to perform cures, to seek divine revelations, and… Befit
- There are still preserved among Christians traces of that Holy Spirit that appeared in the form of a dove. They expel evil spirits, perform many… Among
- Thus the connection of the Father in the Son, and of the Son in the Paraclete, produces three coherent Persons, who are yet distinct One… Coherent
- The nature of rumor is known to all All
- 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 Feeling
- Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy Heresies
- 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.… Antimony
- 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… Appearance
- It is not consistent with truth that a man should sacrifice half of his stomach only to God-that he should be sober in drinking, but… Akin
- We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, "We worship God through Christ!" Believe Him a… Belief
- 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… Bible
- Where our work is, there let our joy be. Funny
- If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions. Christian
- Examine then, and see if He be not the dispenser of kingdoms, who is Lord at once of the world which is ruled, and of… All
- Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same… Allow