Wealth and Alms

Tertullian, Against Marcion 15

Tertullian · c. 155–c. 220 AD

He says their fathers treated the prophets this way. Oh Christ, you shape-shifter — now the prophets' destroyer, now their defender! He destroyed them as a rival, turning their disciples to himself; he defended them as a friend, rebuking their persecutors.

Latin

Secundum haec, inquit, faciebant prophetis patres eorum. o Christum uersipellem, nunc destructorem nunc adsertorem prophetarum! destruebat ut aemulus, conuertens discipulos eorum sibi, adserebat ut amicus, suggillans insectatores eorum.

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