| Author Quoted | Tertullianus |
| Title Quoted | Apologeticus adversos gentes pro christianis |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1962/06/05 |
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| Quotation | Wonderful insights in the Apologetic of Tertullian, more subtle than Hannah Arendt, and of the same kind: on the irony and inner contradiction of the forced confessions extorted from the martyrs. |
| Journal | Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4, 1960-1963.; Edited by Victor A. Kramer. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 224 |
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