Tertullian
Sign in to saveTertullian (; ; 155 – 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including Gnosticism.
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Tertullian was a prolific early Christian writer from Carthage (155–220 AD) who pioneered Latin Christian literature and defended Christian beliefs against rival interpretations like Gnosticism. He matters because he was among the first to systematically articulate Christian theology in Latin and helped establish how the early Church responded to intellectual challenges from within and outside Christianity.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 160
- Died
- ca. 220
- Works
- 570
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28 sectionsContents
- Life
- Writings
- General character
- Chronology and contents
- Manuscripts
- Theology
- Specific teachings
- God
- Apostolicity
- Eucharist
- Baptism
- The Church
- Marriage
- Scripture
- Other beliefs
- Montanism
- Tertullianists
- Moral principles
- Works
- Possible chronology
- Spurious works
- Influence on Novatianism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Tertullian (; ; 155 – 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including Gnosticism.
Tertullian was the first theologian to write in Latin, and so has been called "the father of Latin Christianity", as well as "the founder of Western [Christian] theology". He is perhaps most famous for being the first writer in Latin known to use the term trinity (Latin: trinitas).