Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins ? ""If any," he says, "is contentious, we have not such a custom, nor (has) the Church of God."[33] Cyprian Epistle XXX Nor is it now but lately that this counsel has been considered by us, nor have these sudden appliances against the wicked but recently occurred to us; but this is read of among us as the ancient severity, the ancient faith, the ancient discipline,[4] Cyprian Epistle LXXII Hence it is in vain that some who are overcome by reason oppose to us custom, as if custom were greater than truth;[15] especially since the apostle says, "If any man, however, is thought to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the Church of God."[39]