Tertullian
Credo quia absurdum
"I believe it because it is absurd"
Possibly taken from Tertullian's De Carne Christi
"Natus est Dei Filius; non pudet, quia pudendum est: et mortuus est Dei Filius; prorsus credible est, quia ineptum est: et sepultus resurrexit; certum est, quia impossible"
or
"The Son of God was born: there is no shame, because it is shameful. And the Son of God died: it is wholly credible, because it is innapropriate. And, buried, He rose again: it is certain, because impossible"
without shame, because it is shameful
credible because it inapropiate...
a familiar train of thought?
posted by Esteban at 4:34 PM
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And there is another great quote: The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
This follows along with his anti-intellecutalism.
It is also no surprise that a great man like Tertullian would with the Montanists who really were in important ways the precursors of modern Pentecostals.
I love Pentecostals, btw. They have a certain boldness that is very rare in these dry lands.
More Tertullian please...
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