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- Tertullian is the first church father to say that the Pentecost and Easter period are particularly suitable for baptism. But he is also cautious that baptism can be practiced in all the time. Last but not least, Tertullian is the first church father to say that women had no authority to baptize.
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Tertullian of Carthage1 played a primary role in representing the traditional practice of baptism in the late second and third century church. In fact, he wrote the first surviving treatise
Contrary to early Syrian baptismal doctrine and practice, Tertullian describes baptism as a cleansing and preparation process which precedes the reception of the Holy Spirit in post-baptismal anointing (De Baptismo 6).
Oct 24, 2014 · Tertullian at this stage in his career believed that God would forgive every baptized person one serious sin (adultery, apostasy, etc.) in their Christian life. He later came to the conviction that God would forgive no serious sins after baptism.
Feb 3, 1998 · Chapter I.-Introduction. Origin of the Treatise. Chapter II.-The Very Simplicity of God's Means of Working, a Stumbling-Block to the Carnal Mind. Chapter III.-Water Chosen as a Vehicle of Divine Operation and Wherefore. Its Prominence First of All in Creation.
Jul 20, 1998 · Tertullian (born c. 155/160, Carthage [now in Tunisia]—died after 220, Carthage) was an important early Christian theologian, polemicist, and moralist who, as the initiator of ecclesiastical Latin, was instrumental in shaping the vocabulary and thought of Western Christianity.
Tertullian: On Baptism - Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Chapter XVIII.—Of the Persons to Whom, and the Time When, Baptism is to Be Administered. But they whose office it is, know that baptism is not rashly to be administered. “Give to every one who beggeth thee,” 8722 has a reference of its own, appertaining especially to almsgiving.
