Scripture and Inspiration

Tertullian, Against Marcion 15

Tertullian · c. 155–c. 220 AD

"That's how their fathers treated the prophets," he says. "Oh, you shapeshifter Christ -- now the prophets' destroyer, now their defender! You tore them down as a rival, stealing their disciples for yourself; you propped them up as a friend, shaming the ones who harassed them."

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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