Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Tertullian

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (ca. A.D. 155-ca. 220), or Tertullian, was a Carthaginian Roman Christian writer and theologian. He was among the earliest Christians to write in the Latin language and was the first to use the term "Trinity."

Christians are made, not born.
Apologeticum
Every country has its own language, yet the subjects of which the untutored soul speaks are the same everywhere.
De Testimonio Animae
It is certain, because it is impossible.
De Carne Christi
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
Ad Scapulam
Man is one name belonging to every nation upon earth. In them all is one soul though many tongues.
De Testimonio Animae
The principal crime of the human race, the highest guilt charged upon the world, the whole procuring cause of judgment, is idolatry.
De Idolatria
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
Adversus Valentinianos
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
De Praescriptione Haereticorum

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.