TTertullian

13 collected words

Tertullian

Life dates: 160 AD — 240 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 200 AD

See how these Christians love one another.

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02c. 200 AD

Blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.

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03c. 200 AD

It is certain because it is impossible.

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04c. 200 AD

He who flees will fight again.

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05c. 200 AD

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

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06c. 200 AD

Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.

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07c. 200 AD

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

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08c. 200 AD

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

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09c. 200 AD

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

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10c. 200 AD

Fear is the foundation of safety.

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11c. 200 AD

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

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12c. 200 AD

He is a man, who is to be a man, the fruit is always present in the seed.

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13c. 200 AD

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.

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