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  1. May 3, 2024 · Tertullian stated: Valentinus had expected to become a bishop, because he was an able man both in genius and eloquence. Being indignant, however, that another obtained the dignity by reason of a claim which confessorship had given him, he broke with the church of the true faith.

  2. 3 days ago · Towards the end of the document, Tertullian makes the memorable statement: “The oftener we are mown down by you, the more in number we grow; the blood of Christians is seed” (Apol. 50.13, original Latin: “Pluresefficimurquotiensmetimur a vobis; semen estsanguisChristianorum.”)

  3. 5 days ago · By Rume Kpadamrophe - Press Services International. Tertullian, one of the early Church fathers of the second century coined the term, “the blood of the martyrs is seed for the church.” No doubt, anytime the church has faced persecution, she has always increased. The early Church was greatly persecuted yet there was an incredible harvest of souls.

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  5. May 1, 2024 · Marcionites. Marcion of Pontus (flourished 2nd century ce, Asia Minor) was a Christian heretic. Although Marcion is known only through reports and quotations from his orthodox opponents, especially Tertullian ’s Adversus Marcionem (“Against Marcion”), the principal outlines of his teaching seem clear.

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  6. Apr 18, 2024 · 24 Otten rightly emphasises that Tertullians concern in De Carne Christi is to defend that the Son of God assumed real human flesh because he holds it to be a prerequisite for the hope of a future physical resurrection. To do so, Tertullian draws on 1 Cor 1:27, which speaks of God choosing what is considered foolish in the world to shame the ...

  7. May 2, 2024 · Tertullian, the founder of Latin Christianity and a man of great intellect, was born in Carthage to a proconsular centurion sometime around A.D. 145. He was ...

  8. 4 days ago · What the Saints Say About Easter. The holy witnesses in heaven have words of wisdom to share about the Resurrection. (photo: Unsplash) Poignant quotes celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. Joseph Pronechen, April 4, 2021. Easter is the feast of all feasts, as the saints have proclaimed throughout the ages.

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