Tertullian cannot restrain his invective; yet he wishes to be conciliating, and it breaks out in spite of his argument, instead of being its essence as before.

良不能限制他的谩骂，但他希望调解，它打破了，尽管他的论点，而不是像以前的本质。

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Some have claimed that Tertullian, one of the Latin Fathers of the Church, believed it.

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There was general laughter, and as Hopkins got up from the sofa, he wryly misquoted Tertullian's praise for Christian love.

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