Tertullian

“ Other Nations Require Deities Quite as Much Inventors of Useful Arts Unworthy of Deification. They Would Be the First to Acknowledge a Creator. The Arts Changeable from Time to Time, and Some Become Obsolete Conclusion, the Romans Owe Not Their Imperial Power to Their Gods. ”

“ The Virtues of the Christians The Inconsistent Life of Any False Christian No More Condemns True Disciples of Christ, Than a Passing Cloud Obscures a Summer Sky The Innocence of the Christians Not Compromised by the Iniquitous Laws Which Were Made Against Them The Christians Defamed. ”

“ Contents The Hatred Felt by the Heathen Against the Christians is Unjust, Because Based on Culpable Ignorance The Heathen Perverted Judgment in the Trial of Christians. They Would Be More Consistent If They Dispensed with All Form of Trial. ”