God the Father Quotes
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus. Though first coined by Theophilus of Antioch in A.D. 180, Tertullian was the first to clearly explain what is now considered a fundamental Christian doctrine by most Christian Sects. The word itself or its concept never appears in the New Testament. It was not a part of early Christianity or of early CHristian theology.
This quotation many think is the greatest statement of political equality ever written. Interestingly is also lays an obligation on all people for all others. It was written by a privileged nobleman, a Baron, who was instrumental philosophically and politically in establishing the Batavia Republic in Holland.