Tertullian
TERTULLIAN (160?–225?), Quintus Septimius Florens, first Christian theologian to write extensively in Latin. An African, Tertullian laid the foundations for Western theology through ...
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Tertullian, Quintus Septimius Florens(C. 160–C. 220)
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullian, the African Church Father, was born in Carthage and was converted to Christianity about 193. He made e...
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The North African theologian and apologist Tertullian (ca. 160-ca. 220) was the founder of Latin Christian theology. The first major Christian writer to use the Latin language, he gave to Latin Christ...
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In the following excerpt, Goodspeed surveys Tertullian's writings and briefly summarizes the main characteristics of his literary style.
In the latter part of the first century the writing o...
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In the following excerpt, Rankin comments on Tertullian's view of the authentic Church and the imagery he uses to describe it.
Occasional references to an 'ecciesia in caelis' ...
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In the following excerpt, Osborn observes the essential importance of simplicity, founded on the perfection of Christ, in Tertullian's thought.
'We also are religious and our religion...
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In the following excerpt, Le Saint examines Tertullian's three treatises on marriage—Ad uxorem, De exhortatione castitatis, and De monogamia—maintaining that these works demonstra...
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In the following excerpt, Le Saint discusses and compares Tertullian's two treatises on the subject of Christian penitence—De pudicitia and De paenitentia.
Orthodox Christianity regar...
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In the following essay, Barnes argues that Tertullian's Scorpiace was composed in 203-04, rather than during his post-207 Montanist period, as many scholars have contended.
Modern scholarshi...
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In the following essay, Gero investigates significant changes in Tertullian's attitude toward Christian military service, arguing that "Tertullian at first condoned Christian service in ...
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In the following essay, Timothy explores the sustained antipathy toward Greek philosophy in the writings and thought of Tertullian.
Tertullian is a man clearly with a quarrel on his hands. Dispensi...
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In the following essay, Bastiaensen probes Tertullian's rhetorical strategies in his writings against heresy.
Tertullian's De praescriptione haereticorum does not cease to arouse the ...
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In the following essay, Jansen studies Tertullian's views on and interpretation of the New Testament.
Various aspects of Tertullian's use of the Bible have received scholarly attentio...
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In the following essay, Torjesen examines Tertullian's scathing denunciation of women's leadership in the Church, noting that he saw the Church as a public and political body and, theref...
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Tertullian
Tertullian, Quintus Septimius Florens (C. 160–C. 220)
Tertullian
Critical Essay by Edgar J. Goodspeed
