Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that…

Tertullian
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Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does. ✨ Tertullian (2012). The Sacred Writings of Tertullian (Annotated Edition), p.405, Jazzybee Verlag
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