How shall I admire, how laugh, how rejoice, how exult, when I behold so many Tertullian More Quotes by Tertullian More Quotes From Tertullian A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one. Tertullian bornchristianmen 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 painfeelingslying Where our work is, there let our joy be. Tertullian christianworkinspirational See how these Christians love one another. Tertullian love-one-anotherchristian God the Father's a deep root; the Son's the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance Tertullian rootsfatherson 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 neckstieseye It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil. Tertullian forbiddenviolenceevil 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 naturemenreligion Patience is God's nature. Tertullian patience Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading. Tertullian teachingdoeinspirational 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 christiandrinkingjesus 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 preventionbirthdifferences 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 numbersfatherson You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing. Tertullian parcelpiecesfreedom He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. Tertullian selfishnessbenefitslife The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?' Tertullian usualearningway You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine. Tertullian qualitydisciplinejudging 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 birthsoulflesh 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 eventschristianevil 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 punishmentsacrificemilitary
