For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
By the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.".
See whether the heathen have in God the Father the "substance "of origin, and wisdom, and natural power of Godward recognition; by means of which power the apostle withal notes that "in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom knew not God"