Bearded Reformer: John Knox (A.D. 1513 - 1572)
Bearded Apologist: Tertullian (A.D. 155 - 240)
It was said by the early church father, Tertullian, that to shave the beard is “blasphemy against the face."
Bearded Theologian: Clement of Alexandria (A.D. 150 - 215)
“[God] adorned man like the lions, with a beard, and endowed him as an attribute of manhood, with a hairy chest–a sign of strength and rule. This, then, is the mark of the man, the beard. By this, he is seen to be a man." - Clement of Alexandria
Bearded Bishop: Cyprian of Carthage (A.D. 210 - 258)
“The beard must not be plucked. ‘You will not deface the figure of your beard.’” - St. Cyprian
Bearded Theologian: Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354 - 430)
“The beard signifies the courageous; the beard distinguishes the grown men, the earnest, the active, the vigorous. So that when we describe such, we say, he is a bearded man."
- St. Augustine
Christian Beard Quote: 4th Council of Carthage (A.D. 398)
“The clergyman shall not let his hair grow, neither shall he remove his beard" - 4th Council of Carthage (A.D. 398)
Christian Beard Quote: Apostolic Constitutions (A.D. 375)
“Nor may men destroy the hair of their beards, and unnaturally change the form of a man." - Apostolic Constitutions (A.D. 375)
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