Creative Quotations from Tertullian (160-225)

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Tertullian
(160-225) born on

North African Christian writer. He was a staunch defender of the Christian faith and effectively denounced reason and philosophy as having any important place in theology.

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

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

'Certum est quia impossibile.' It is certain because it is impossible.

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

He who flees will fight again.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
R:	"According to Tertullian, faith was supreme while reason and philosophy, centered in Athens, had to accept a second-class status, if any status at all."
A:	"'De Carne Cristi' [Traditionally given as: 'Credo quia impossibile,' ``I believe because it is impossible.'']"
N:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
K:	De Fuga in Persecutione. c. 10.