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Tertullian

Roman Christian theologian and writer (c. 155 – c. 220)

Tertullian (; Latin: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; c. 155 – c. 220 AD^[1]) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa.^[3] 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 contemporary Christian Gnosticism.^[4]

Tertullian was the first theologian to write in Latin, and so has been called "the father of Latin Christianity",^[5] as well as "the founder of Western theology".^[7] He is perhaps most famous for being the first writer in Latin known to use the term trinity (Latin: trinitas).^[8]

Tertullian originated new theological concepts and advanced the development of early Church doctrine. However, some of his teachings, such as the subordination of the Son and Spirit to the Father, were later rejected by the Church.^[9] According to Jerome, he later joined the

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Who was Tertullian?

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Tertullian is known in church history as the father of Latin theology, as he was the first church leader to write his works in Latin. Most of his writing was in defense of Christianity against persecution from without or heresy from within. He had an enormous influence on the early church, and much of that influence can still be seen today.

Born about AD 145 to a Roman centurion in Carthage, Quintis Septimus Florens Tertullianus was trained in Greek and Latin and became a lawyer in Rome, where he was converted to Christianity about AD 185. Though we know very little about the details of his conversion, he said that he could not imagine a truly Christian life without a conscious breach, a radical act of conversion. Prior to his conversion, he indulged in the typical licentiousness of Roman society, including sexual promiscuity and enjoying the games in the arena. He was profoundly affected by the testimonies of Christians who were martyred in the arena, and it is likely that his conversion was a result.

Tertullian was ordained a presbyter in the ch

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The 'Noddy' guide to Tertullian

Tertullian lived in the ancient city of Carthage in what is now Tunisia, sometime around 200AD. Very little is known about his life - that little comes either from writers two centuries later¹, or from the scanty personal notes in his works². Much of it has been asserted to be untrue anyway by some modern writers³.

He was born a member of the educated classes, and clearly gained a good education. Life in his times wasn't very different in some ways to the modern day - he indulged his passions as he saw fit, including sex, and like everyone else attended the games where gladiators killed each other and criminals were eaten alive, for the enjoyment of the spectators².

But among the sights he saw, was that of Christians being executed this way. He was struck with the courage with which stupid and contemptible slave men and little slave girls faced a hideous death, against all nature; and after investigating, became a Christian himself, and turned his budding talents to writing in defense of this despised and victimised group⁴.

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