Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II Such are the men who believe in their belly, "whose God is their belly, whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things." To them the apostle predicted no good when he said, "whose end is destruction."[54] Tertullian Of Patience which makes the slaves of the belly[171] Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins Deservedly, therefore, while they do not cover their head, in order that they may be solicited for the sake of glory, they are forced to cover their bellies by the ruin resulting from infirmity. For it is emulation, not religion, which impels them. Sometimes it is that god- their belly[50] Tertullian To His Wife Book I Not one of such women knows how to speak of the good of single-husbandhood; for their "god," as the apostle says, "is their belly; "[96] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews For our conversation is in heaven, whence also we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall transform the body of our humiliation conformed to the body of His glory."[444] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes And again, in the same epistle, he also warns us not to mind earthly things, and tells us that we ought to have our conversation in heaven; from which also we look for the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ.[399] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And do not suppose that Paul said that he was truly God; for just as the belly, though it is not the god of those who prize pleasure too highly, being lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, is said by Paul to be their god,[123]