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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Citation

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

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Baruch Spinoza
Language
Latin
Time
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Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione [Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect]. 1677, ch. 1, sect. 3.

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Spinoza, Baruch. "The Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect." Ethics: with The Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect and Selected Letters, edited by Seymour Feldman, translated by Samuel Shirley. Hackett Publishing Company, 1992, ch. 1, sect. 3.