Tertullian Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- Tertullian (random)
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- Tertullian Books & Videos
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- Author
- Nationality:
- Roman
- Birth Date / Year:
- 160
- Death Date / Year:
- 225
- 1
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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Christians are made, not born. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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Fear is the foundation of safety. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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He who flees will fight again. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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Hope is patience with the lamp lit. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 9
Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 10
It is certain because it is impossible. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 11
It is certain because it is possible. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 12
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 13
Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 15
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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See how these Christians love one another. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 17
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 18
The entire fruit is already present in the seed. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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The first reaction to truth is hatred. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 20
The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 21
The nature of rumor is known to all. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 22
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 | Refcard PDF ↑
- 23
The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?' Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 24
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
- 27
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing. Tertullian | Refcard PDF ↑
