Tertullian,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. III, The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas…
(1885)
“ And they said to Optatus, ‘Rebuke thy people, because they assemble to you as if returning from the circus, and contending about factious matters.’ And then it seemed to us as if they would shut the doors. And in that place we began to recognise many brethren, and moreover martyrs. We were all nourished with an indescribable odour, which satisfied us. ”
