Tertullian Quotes on God
Tertullian of Carthage was a prolific early Christian author and the first major Christian writer to compose his works in Latin, for which he is sometimes called the father of Western theology. This page collects quotes attributed to Tertullian on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“It is certain because it is impossible.”
Certum est, quia impossibile. -
“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”
Plures efficimur, quoties metimur a vobis; semen est sanguis christianorum. -
Attributed to Tertullian:
“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What has the Academy to do with the Church?”
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“Man is one name belonging to every nation upon earth . In them all is one soul though many tongues. Every country has its own language, yet the subjects of which the untutored soul speaks are the same everywhere. De Testimonio Animae (The Testimony of the Soul), 6.3”
Omnium gentium unus homo, uarium nomen est, una anima, uaria uox, unus spiritus, uarius sonus, propria cuique genti loquella, sed loquellae materia communis.