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Credo quia absurdum Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
I believe it because it is absurd. (contrary to reason) (Tertullian)
Credo quia absurdum Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Credo quia absurdum is a Latin phrase of uncertain origin. It means "I believe because it is absurd" It is derived from a poorly remembered or misquoted passage in Tertullian's De Carne Christi defending the tenets of orthodox Christianity against docetism, which reads in the original Latin:
- Crucifixus est Dei Filius, non pudet, quia pudendum est;
- et mortuus est Dei Filius, prorsus credibile est, quia ineptum est;
- et sepultus resurrexit, certum est, quia impossibile.
- — (De Carne Christi V, 4)
- "The Son of God was crucified: there is no shame, because it is shameful.
- And the Son of God died: it is wholly credible, because it is unsuitable.
- And, buried, He rose again: it is certain, because impossible."
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