The Works of Tertullian
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Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textAd Nationes
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Read the full textOn Patience
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Read the full textAn Answer to the Jews
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textDe Spectaculis (On the Shows)
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Read the full textTo Scapula
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Read the full textAgainst All Heresies
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Read the full textAgainst Marcion
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Read the full textApology
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Read the full textOn Prescription Against Heretics
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Read the full textAgainst Hermogenes
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Read the full textAgainst Praxeas
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Read the full textOn the Flesh of Christ
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textOn the Resurrection of the Flesh
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textOn Baptism
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textOn Prayer
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textAd Martyras
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Read the full textOn Idolatry
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textAgainst the Valentinians
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textDe Anima (On the Soul)
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textScorpiace
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #3
Read the full textOn the Apparel of Women
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #4
Read the full textOn the Veiling of Virgins
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #4
Read the full textTo His Wife
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #4
Read the full textOn Exhortation to Chastity
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Read the full textOn Monogamy
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #4
Read the full textOn Modesty
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #4
Read the full textOn Fasting
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Read the full textThe Pallium
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Read the full textDe Fuga in Persecutione
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Read the full textDe Corona
Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume #4
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