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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.
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We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, "We worship God through Christ!" Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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We worship unity in trinity, and trinity in unity; neither confounding the person nor dividing the substance. There is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost; but the Godhead of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one; the glory equal, the majesty co-eternal.
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If the Tiber rises, if the Nile does not rise, if the heavens give no rain, if there is an earthquake, famine, or pestilence, straightway the cry is 'The Christians to the lion!' So many to one?
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When God's Spirit descends, then Patience accompanies Him indivisibly.
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It is certain because it is impossible.
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Born:
155
Died:
220
(aged 65)
Bio:
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, anglicised as Tertullian, c. 155 c. 240 was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa.
Known for:
Against Marcion
The Prescription Against Heretics
On idolatry
De idololatria
Disciplinary, Moral, and Ascetical Works
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