12 Quotes By Tertullian

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

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
Tertullian on fear

Fear is the foundation of safety.
Tertullian on fear

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
Tertullian on freedom

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
Tertullian on hope

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
Tertullian on marriage

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.
Tertullian on money

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
Tertullian on nature

The nature of rumor is known to all.
Tertullian on nature

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
Tertullian on patience

The first reaction to truth is hatred.
Tertullian on truth

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
Tertullian on truth