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# The prison as our training-ground
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- Published: 2026-11-03T21:24:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T21:24:03.000Z
- Description: Tertullian, To the Martyrs
- Author: Sean Catlett
- Tags: Library, Tertullian

> We, with the crown eternal in our eye, look upon the prison as our training-ground, that at the goal of final judgment we may be brought forth well disciplined by many a trial; since virtue is built up by hardships, as by voluptuous indulgence it is overthrown.

**Tertullian**, *To the Martyrs* (c. 197), translated by S. Thelwall

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Tertullian (c. 155–c. 220) was a Christian writer from Carthage in North Africa. He wrote *To the Martyrs* around 197 to believers in prison awaiting death for their faith.

More words from the saints who fought before us are in [the Library](https://www.theholyfight.com/tag/library/).