The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. — Tertullian · Skopia

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

In the original Latin

Semen est sanguis christianorum.

197

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Topic

Martyrs The Church Christianity

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Metaphor, analogy and simile

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Religious literature

Time

197 Classical antiquity

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Citation

Tertullian. Apologeticum [Apologeticus]. c. 197, ch. 50, sect. 13.

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