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Tertullian argued against it not only because he regarded conscious faith as a needful preliminary condition, but also because he thought it advisable to delay baptism (cunctatio baptismi) on account of the responsibility involved in it (pondus baptismi).
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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On one occasion his wife, Berenice, pro nounced thereanent those memorable words: -- ` There cannot be too much deliberation when the death of a man is concerned '-- afterwards adopted by Juvenal -- Nulla unquam de morte hominis cunctatio longa est. [15] [15] ælian, Var.
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Nulla umquum de morte hominis cunctatio longa est.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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780 Illa enim cunctatio distulisse modò victoriam videri potuit, hic error vires ademisse ad vincendum.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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Nulla umquam de morte hominis cunctatio longa est "
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