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Tertullian
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Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Those who fled will fight another time.
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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The Son of God died it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again the fact is certain, because it is impossible.
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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.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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