Romans 12:1
Douay-Rheims
I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.
Tertullian
For matters of this kind belong not to religion, but to superstition, being studied, and forced, and of curious rather than rational ceremony; deserving of restraint, at all events, even on this ground, that they put us on a level with Gentiles.
Source details
A.D. 220 · on Rom 12:1 (On Prayer)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.