Tertullian writes that a soul untouched by lust is like a pure bride, and he urges people to own their past, tell the truth, and seek forgiveness. He warns against rushing work, saying patience leads to better results. He also links the blood of martyrs to the growth of the church.
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Tertullian was a writer from Ancient Rome, best known for Apologeticum.
Quick Facts About Tertullian
Born
November 30, 0149
Died
November 30, 0219
Nationality
Ancient Rome
Profession
Writer
Notable works
Apologeticum
Known for
Against Marcion, De oratione, To his Wife
About Tertullian
Tertullian was an early Christian author from Carthage in Roman Africa who became the first to write a large body of Latin Christian works and argued against heresies such as Gnosticism.
![“For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.” quote by Tertullian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/tertullian-3469_assuming_for-it-is-really-better-for-us-not-to-kn_1658085.png)
![“[T]he Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost [are] three ... not in condition, but in degree; not in substance, but in form; not in power, but in aspect; yet of one substance, and of one condition, and of one power, inasmuch as He is one God, from whom these degrees and forms and aspects are…” quote by Tertullian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/tertullian-3469_aspect_t-he-father-the-son-and-the-holy-ghost-a_1199075.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Tertullian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/tertullian-3469_church_it-is-not-permitted-for-a-woman-to-speak_3105991.png)
![“[Hermogenes] despises God's law in his painting, maintains repeated marriages [almost certainly a reference to remarrying after divorce or perhaps even widowhood, which Tertullian, who became a Montanist, opposed], alleges the law of God in defense of lust [likely same reference], and yet despises…” quote by Tertullian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/tertullian-3469_after-divorce_hermogenes-despises-god-s-law-in-his-pai_1569722.jpg)
![“Keep always in mind the rule of faith which I profess and by which I bear witness that the Father and the Son and the Spirit are inseparable from each other, and then you will understand what is meant by it. Observe now that I say the Father is other [distinct], the Son is other, and the Spirit is…” quote by Tertullian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/tertullian-3469_bears_keep-always-in-mind-the-rule-of-faith-wh_1569258.png)
![“If we refuse our homage to statues and frigid images, the very counterpart of their dead originals, with which hawks, and mice, and spiders are so well acquainted, does it not merit praise instead of penalty [Christians were punished for not worshiping Roman gods] that we have rejected what we…” quote by Tertullian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/tertullian-3469_certain_if-we-refuse-our-homage-to-statues-and-f_1722066.png)
