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1. www.christianity.com › 1-300 › tertullian-11629598Who Was Tertullian? His Writings and Significance

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   Jul 17, 2020 · Thirty-one of Tertullian's writings remain, touching on all areas of human life. His works include apologetic treatises, controversial attacks on heresies, and moral writings. His Apology defending the Christian faith contains one of the earliest and most eloquent pleas for religious liberty.

2. www.tertullian.orgThe Tertullian Project

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   Jun 13, 2023 · The Tertullian Project. A collection of material ancient and modern about the ancient Christian Latin writer Tertullian and his writings. Last updated 13th June 2023.....What's New?.....Digital Library/Online Books and articles Search..... Site Map

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   Tertullian , (born c. 155/160, Carthage—died after 220, Carthage), Early Christian theologian and moralist. Educated in Carthage, he became impressed by the courage, morality, and uncompromising monotheism of Christian martyrs, and he converted to Christianity.

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   May 29, 2018 · Tertullian was a literary genius, the greatest Christian writer in the West before St. Augustine and one of the greatest in the whole patristic period. The very characteristics that brought about his downfall contributed to the vigor and highly original quality of his prose.

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   Tertullian’s Apology (Apologeticus) is one of the best-known works of the pre-Nicene era. In it, he provides not only a stirring defense of Christianity to the Roman rulers, but takes exhaustive measures to show that Roman culture and religion is inferior and hopeless when compared to Christianity.

6. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentTertullian - Classics - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Oct 27, 2016 · Tertullian is the first major Latin author of Christianity (and his sparse writings in Greek are lost). He was born in Carthage ( c . 160 CE ) and died at a relatively high age ( c . 220). As the son of a pagan family, he was given a good rhetorical and legal education.

7. guides.library.yale.edu › ancientchristianity › tertullianEarly Christianity and Patristics: Tertullian - Yale University

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   Jan 6, 2024 · Tertullian, First Theologian of the West by Eric Osborn reappraisal of his theology and its influence on the shape of the Western Christian tradition.