"Dissident" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... centuries, as long as the era of persecution lasted, the early Christians never thought of using any force save the force of argument to win back their dissident brethren. This is the meaning of that obscure passage in the Adversus Gnosticos of Tertullian, in which he speaks of "driving heretics (i.e., by argument), to their duty, instead of trying to win them, ...
— The Inquisition - A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church • E. Vacandard |
