Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache. Tertullian More Quotes by Tertullian More Quotes From Tertullian 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 pain feelings lying Where our work is, there let our joy be. Tertullian christian work inspirational See how these Christians love one another. Tertullian love-one-another christian God the Father's a deep root; the Son's the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance Tertullian roots father son Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity, insert into their ears the word of God, tie the yoke of Christ around their necks, and adorn their whole persons with the silk of sanctity and the damask of devotion. Tertullian necks ties eye It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil. Tertullian forbidden violence evil It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions. One man's religion neither harms nor helps another man. It is assuredly no part of religion to compel religion, to which free will and not force should lead us. Tertullian nature men religion Patience is God's nature. Tertullian patience Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading. Tertullian teaching doe inspirational It is not consistent with truth that a man should sacrifice half of his stomach only to God-that he should be sober in drinking, but intemperate in eating. Your belly is your God, your liver is your temple, your paunch is your altar, the cook is your priest, and the fat steam is your Holy Spirit; the seasonings and the sauces are your chrisms, and your belchings are your prophesizing...[such] a grossly- feeding Christian is akin to lions and wolves rather than God. Our Lord Jesus called Himself Truth and not habit. Tertullian christian drinking jesus Prevention of birth is premature murder, and it makes no difference whether it is a life already born that one snatches away or a life that is coming to birth. Tertullian prevention birth differences Thus the connection of the Father in the Son, and of the Son in the Paraclete, produces three coherent Persons, who are yet distinct One from Another. These three are one [thing], not one [Person], as it is said, 'I and my Father are One,' in respect of unity of substance not singularity of number. Tertullian numbers father son You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing. Tertullian parcel pieces freedom He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. Tertullian selfishness benefits life The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?' Tertullian usual earning way You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine. Tertullian quality discipline judging Every soul, then, by reason of its birth, has its nature in Adam until it is born again in Christ; moreover, it is unclean all the while that it remains without this regeneration; and because unclean, it is actively sinful, and suffuses even the flesh (by reason of their conjunction) with its own shame. Tertullian birth soul flesh There are still preserved among Christians traces of that Holy Spirit that appeared in the form of a dove. They expel evil spirits, perform many cures, and foresee certain events. Tertullian events christian evil But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the rank and file or lesser grades who neither engage in pagan sacrifices nor capital punishment, be admitted into the church? No on both counts. Tertullian punishment sacrifice military The Lord's Prayer "is truly the summary of the whole gospel." "Since the Lord...after handling over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere, 'Ask and you will receive,' and since everyone has petitions which are peculiar to his circumstances, the regular and appropriate prayer (the Lord's Prayer) is said first, as the foundation of further desires. Tertullian practice prayer inspirational
