Tertullian,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. III, Anti-Marcion…
(1885)
“ Most absurd, indeed, would it be that Matter, which is introduced to our view as “without form,” should have its “formless” condition maintained by so many words indicative of form, [6] without any intimation of what that confused body [7] is, which must of course be supposed to be unique, [8] since it is without form. [9] For that which is without form is uniform; but even [10] that which is without form, when it is blended together [11] from various component parts, [12] must necessarily have one outward appearance ”
