“We pray for our enemies; we seek to persuade those who hate us without cause to live conformably to the goodly precepts of Christ, that they may become partakers with us of the joyful hope of blessings from God, the Lord of all.”
Justin Martyr (Founding Father of the Church, 100-165 A.D.)
“The Lord challenges us to suffer persecutions and to confess Him. He wants those who belong to him to be brave and fearless. He himself shows how weakness of the flesh is overcome by courage of the Spirit….A christian is fearless.”
Tertullian (Founding Father of the Church, 155-240 A.D.)
“Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.”
Tertullian (Founding Father of the Church, 155-240 A.D.)
“Prayer cleanses from sin, drives away temptations, stamps out persecutions, comforts the fainthearted, gives new strength to the courageous, brings travellers safely home, calms the waves, confounds robbers, feeds the poor, overrules the rich, lifts up the fallen, supports those who are falling, sustains those who stand firm.”
Tertullian (Founding Father of the Church, 155-240 A.D.)
“Hope is patience with the lamp lit.”
Tertullian (Founding Father of the Church, 155-240 A.D.)
“In our case, murder being once for all forbidden, we may not destroy even the fetus in the womb, while as yet the human being derives blood from other parts of the body for its sustenance. To hinder birth is merely a speedier man-killing; nor does it matter whether you take away a life that is born, or destroy one that is coming to the birth. That is a man which is going to be one; you have the fruit already in the seed.”
Tertullian (Founding Father of the Church, 155-240 A.D.)
“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.”
Tertullian (Founding Father of the Church, 155-240 A.D.)
“You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.”
Tertullian (Founding Father of the Church, 155-240 A.D.)
“Where there is division, there is sin.”
Origen (Founding Father of the Church, Died 254 A.D.)
“Conscience is the chamber of justice.”
Origen (Founding Father of the Church, Died 254 A.D.)