For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church:
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
How much honour is given to the flesh in the name of the church! "No man "says the apostle, "ever yet hated his own flesh "(except, of course, Marcion alone), "but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord doth the Church."
