Tertullian Quotes

The Son of God was crucified; I am not ashamed because men must needs be ashamed of it. And 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.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

It is certain because it is impossible.

I believe because it is impossible.

Credo quia absurdum est (I believe because it is absurd). And the Son of God died, which is immediately credible because it is absurd. And buried he rose again, which is certain because it is impossible.