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Christianity2 quotes
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. — Tertullian · 197It is to believed because it is absurd. — Tertullian · 206
Religion2 quotes
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion. — Tertullian · 217
Athens1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220
Out of the frying pan into the fire. — Tertullian · 206
Faith1 quote
It is to believed because it is absurd. — Tertullian · 206
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion. — Tertullian · 217
Man is one name belonging to every nation upon earth. In them all is one soul though many tongues. Every country has its own language; yet the subjects of which the untutored soul speaks are the same everywhere. — Tertullian · 198
Jerusalem1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220
Language1 quote
Man is one name belonging to every nation upon earth. In them all is one soul though many tongues. Every country has its own language; yet the subjects of which the untutored soul speaks are the same everywhere. — Tertullian · 198
Martyrs1 quote
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. — Tertullian · 197
Philosophy1 quote
What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? — Tertullian · 220
The Church1 quote
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. — Tertullian · 197
The absurd1 quote
It is to believed because it is absurd. — Tertullian · 206
Truth1 quote
Truth does not blush. — Tertullian · 207