Tertullian Quotes
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
Tertullian. Apology. The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 3, edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, Christian Literature Publishing Company, 1885, p. 17.
FDR was hated by conservatives to a degree that no President in modern history was or would be until Bill Clinton served in that role. Both men were amazingly successful with their programs and administration of the government.
During her adult life, she was the de facto ruler of China. Officials then did little or nothing to curb the attacks on the various foreigners and foreign power that occupied and exercised some control over parts of China. The Government itself could do little as it was too weak militarily with many key officials bribed by the foreign powers. The Boxers were a grass roots xenophobic movement devoted to getting the foreign powers out of China by violence.
Tertullian (/tərˈtʌliən/; Latin: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; c. 155 – c. AD 220) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. Of Berber origin, he was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism. Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity" and "the founder of Western theology."
