Sed quoniam, cum ad omnia occurrit veritas nostra, postremo legum obstruitur auctoritas adversus eam, ut aut nihil dicatur retractandum esse post leges aut ingratis necessitas obsequii praeferatur veritati, de legibus prius concurram vobiscum ut cum tutoribus legum.
Truth, which is ours, meets all the charges; and yet, in the last resort, the authority of the laws is cited against her'to the effect, either that, after the laws have spoken, there is (they say) no re-opening the matter, or that necessity of obedience, though you regret it, takes precedence of truth; in view of all which I will meet you, as guardians of the laws, on the legal issue first.
final_alignments\Tertullian_Apology.json