It is to believed because it is absurd.

Prorsus credibile est, quia ineptum est.

Tertullian

On the Flesh of Christ

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Christianity Faith The absurd

Author

Tertullian

Source

On the Flesh of Christ

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

206 200s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Early Christian Theologian Christian Writer

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Tunisia Africa Roman Empire

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Tertullian. De Carne Christi [On the Flesh of Christ]. c. 206, sect. 5.

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Newton, Isaac. "Axiomata sive Leges Motus: [Axioms, or Laws of Motion]." Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy], vol. 1. London: Josephi Streater, 1687, law 3.

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