The Writings of Tertullian II
Subtitle: Ante Nicene Christian Library Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to AD 325 Part Fifteen (Ante Nicene Christian ... the Writings of the Fathers Down to Ad 325)
Contributors: Reverend Alexander Roberts (Editor); James Donaldson (Editor)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: June 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9781432624736
Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Theology / History; Christian Theology - History; Religion; Religion - Theology
First sentence: THE character of the times in which we live is such as to call forth from us even this admonition, that we ought not to be astonished at the heresies [which abound]; neither their existence ought to surprise us, for it was foretold that they should come to pass; nor the fact that they subvert the faith of some, for their final cause is, by affording a trial to faith, to give it also the opportunity of being "approved."