As long as we are to call ourselves followers of Christ, let the Name be blasphemed in the observance, not the overstepping, of discipline, while we are being approved of God, not while we are being reproved. Oh blasphemy, bordering on martyrdom, which now proves me to be a Christian, while for that very account the world detests me! The cursing of well-maintained discipline is a blessing of the Name. As Paul said, "If I wished to please men, I should not be Christ's servant."
-Tertullian, On Idolatry, chapter 14