100. Tertullian considers flight from persecution as an
imperfect, but very criminal, apostasy, as an impious
attempt to elude the will of God, etc. etc. He has written a
treatise on this subject (see p. 536-544, edit. Rigalt.),
which is filled with the wildest fanaticism and the most
incoherent declamation. It is, however, somewhat remarkable
that Tertullian did not suffer martyrdom himself.