Tertullian, On the Pallium. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1885), public domain.
Passages · 6
- On the Pallium Chapter 1 — Time Changes Nations' Dresses--and Fortunes. I. Men of Carthage, ever princes of Africa, ennobled by ancient memories, blest with modern felicities, I rejoice that times are so prosperous with you that you have…vatican.va
- On the Pallium Chapter 2 — The Law of Change, or Mutation, Universal. Draw we now our material from some other source, lest Punichood either blush or else grieve in the midst of Romans. To change her habit is, at all events, the stated…vatican.va
- On the Pallium Chapter 3 — Beasts Similarly Subject to the Law of Mutation. Beasts, too, instead of a garment, change their form. And yet the peacock withal has plumage for a garment, and a garment indeed of the choicest; nay, in the bloom of…vatican.va
- On the Pallium Chapter 4 — Change Not Always Improvement. Why, now, if the Roman fashion is (social) salvation to every one, are you nevertheless Greek to a degree, even in points not honourable? Or else, if it is not so, whence in the world…vatican.va
- On the Pallium Chapter 5 — Virtues of the Mantle. It Pleads in Its Own Defence. “Still,” say you, “must we thus change from gown to Mantle?” Why, what if from diadem and sceptre? Did Anacharsis change otherwise, when to the royalty of Scythia…vatican.va
- On the Pallium Chapter 6 — Further Distinctions, and Crowning Glory, of the Pallium. “‘With speech,’ says (my antagonist), ‘you have tried to persuade me,—a most sage medicament.’ But, albeit utterance be mute—impeded by infancy or else…vatican.va
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