Tertullian was born in Carthage somewhere about 160 A.D. He was a
pagan, and he abandoned himself to the lascivious life of his city
until about his 35th year, when he became a Christian .... To him is
ascribed the sublime confession: Credo quia absurdum est (I believe
because it is absurd). This does not altogether accord with historical
fact, for he merely said:
And the Son of God died, which is immediately credible because
it is absurd. And buried he rose again, which is certain
because it is impossible.
Thanks to the acuteness of his mind, he saw through the poverty of
philosophical and Gnostic knowledge, and contemptuously rejected it.
-- C. G. Jung, in Psychological Types
pagan, and he abandoned himself to the lascivious life of his city
until about his 35th year, when he became a Christian .... To him is
ascribed the sublime confession: Credo quia absurdum est (I believe
because it is absurd). This does not altogether accord with historical
fact, for he merely said:
And the Son of God died, which is immediately credible because
it is absurd. And buried he rose again, which is certain
because it is impossible.
Thanks to the acuteness of his mind, he saw through the poverty of
philosophical and Gnostic knowledge, and contemptuously rejected it.
-- C. G. Jung, in Psychological Types
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- Tertullian was born in Carthage somewhere about 160 A.
D. He was a pagan, and he abandoned himself to the lascivious life of his city until about his 35th year, when he became a Christian .... - Tertullian was born in Carthage somewhere about 160 A.
D. He was a pagan, and he abandoned himself to the lascivious life of his city until about his 35th year, when he became a Christian.... - Credo, quia absurdum est." [I believe, because it is absurd.
] -- Tertullian (180?-230?), Roman lawyer, theologian and misogyni... - Certum est quia impossibile est.
[It is certain because it is impossible.
] -- Tertullian (160-240 AD) -- De Carne Christi, c. 5... - The devout Jew was beside himself because his son had been dating
a shiksa, so he went to visit his rabbi.
The rabbi listened solemnly to his problem, took his hand, and said, "Pray to God.... - Since I've seen this *several* times in this group, the actual context of the
God is dead quotation of Nietzsche
The Madman. -- Have you ever heard of the madman who on a bright morning lighte d a lantern and ran to the market-place callin out unceasingly... - And it does matter. An honest man or woman is an honest man or woman more
because he or she is honest in the small
everyday things that "don't matter" individually, but which make up a well-lived life, than because of some single great temptation that was passed.... - If he should ever change his faith, it'll be because he no longer thinks he's God.
