21. Western North African Christianity: Tertullian tertullian, a lay theologian from Carthage, North Africa,was perhaps the most important theologian in the Western Church at the end of the second century. http://www.bethel.edu/~letnie/AfricanChristianity/WNATertullian.html

African Christianity Homepage Western North African Christianity Tertullian (160-240) Western North Africa Tertullian Cyprian Donatists Circumcellions Augustine of Hippo Tertullian, a lay theologian from Carthage, North Africa,was perhaps the most important theologian in the Western Church at the end of the second century. He had been trained in Stoic philosophy, rhetoric and possibly law, when he converted to Christianity in Rome, at the age of 40. He returned to North Africa, and used his literary skill to defend the Christian community against their persecutors. Tertullian set the North African church on a rigorous and uncompromising path. He believed that once a seeker has found the truth, it is time to stop any further seeking, and simply to believe that truth. He vigorously opposed mixing the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition into Christian theological thinking, or using Greek or Roman concepts to help understand the truths of Christianity. He condemned "all attempts to produce a mottled Christianity of Stoic, Platonic, and dialectic composition." (Against Heretics) Such attempts led him to the rhetorical question, "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" He believed that Christians should rely only on the bible as a source for their thinking.

22. Tertullian Several articles on Early Christian Father tertullian. A source of information for deeper understanding of religious subjects. http://mb-soft.com/believe/txs/tertulli.htm

Tertullian General Information Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, b. Carthage, c.155, d. after 220, was one of the greatest Western theologians and writers of Christian antiquity. Through his writings a witness to the doctrine and discipline of the early church in belief and worship is preserved. An advocate in the law courts in Rome, Tertullian converted (c.193) to Christianity. About 207 he broke with the church and joined the Montanists (see Montanism) in Africa. Soon after, however, he broke with them and formed his own party, known as the Tertullianists. An extremist by nature, he had gone through a period of licentiousness during his early years, but later he advocated a severe asceticism and discipline that his followers found hard to emulate. BELIEVE Religious Information Source web-site Our List of 1,000 Religious Subjects E-mail Tertullian was a man of fiery temperament, great talent, and unrelenting purpose. He wrote with brilliant rhetoric and biting satire. His passion for truth led him into polemics with his enemies: in turn pagans, Jews, heretics, and Catholics. His admiration for Christian heroism under persecution seems to have been the strongest factor in his conversion. Tertullian's writings, notably Apologeticum, De praescriptione haereticorum, and De carne Christi, had a lasting effect on Christian thought, especially through those who, like Cyprian of Carthage, always regarded him as a "master." He also greatly influenced the development of Western thought and the creation of Christian ecclesiastical Latin.

23. Tertullian S Letter On Patience by tertullian. CHAPTER 1. Confess to the Lord my God that I certainly have courage, not to say presumption, to have dared to write on patience, http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/LostBooks/tertullian_patience.htm

24. EXCERPTS  FROM  TERTULLIAN Comprehensive collection of citations from the Carthaginian writer, arranged by topics and subtopics. http://www.geocities.com/tertulliancyprian/

EXCERPTS FROM TERTULLIAN EXCERPTS FROM EARLY CHURCH FATHERS CONTENTS Christian truth amid manifold errors Tertullian, apologist of Truth. Philosophers drew their doctrines from Christian tradition. Pagan gods non-existent, wicked, comparatively new. Emptiness of philosophy and traditional worship. Prominent past figures discredited. Churchmen overcome the evil spirits. Christian otherworldliness. Invectives against the pagan world Christians inequitably treated for their name only. Cruelties and absurd accusations suffered by the Christians. Pagan injustice and misunderstanding. Contrast between Christian sober ways and pagan wantonness. Christians more loyal to Rome than unbelievers. Pagan disregard of the revered customs. Christian resistance in a hostile environment Christians are renouncing to exercise their considerable power. On the exemplary reaction of a Christian soldier. Unyielding firmness against compromising scorpions. Concerning flight under persecution. Imprisoned martyrs as points of reference in the Church. Hardship as a preparatory training for virtue and victory.

25. General Term: Tertullian (c. 160-220 CE) General Term tertullian (c. 160220 CE) tertullian (c. 160-220 CE). African Church Father and one of the first major Christian theologians to write in http://www.counterbalance.net/theogloss/tertu-body.html

Tertullian (c. 160-220 CE) African Church Father and one of the first major Christian theologians to write in Latin. Known for the dictim credo quia absurdum est Related Topics: Theology Contributed by: Marty Maddox CTNS Search for Tertullian (c. 160-220 CE) Full Glossary Index To return to the previous topic, click on your browser's 'Back' button.

26. Tertullian, Biography And Online Writings Of An Early Church Father Of The Secon tertullian, a biography and selection of writings from this fascinating Early Church Father from North Africa who added the word Trinity to Christian http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_author/14/Tertullian.html

Tertullian Tertullian: His Life and Writings Priest and Early Church Father (scroll down for a list of online writings) Life: Tertullian, son of a Roman centurion from North Africa, was born around 160A.D. He received a good education in literature and thetoric and probably practiced law for a while before being converted to Christianity around the year 197A.D. It is the Church Father St. Jerome who tells us that Tertullian became a priest, but there are some indications that he may have remained a layman. What is clear is that eloquent as he was in both Greek and Latin, Tertullian quickly after his conversion set himself to defending the Catholic faith against the pagans as well as heretical Christians. In so doing coined some of the key theological terms and phrases of the Christian theological tradition. It is in Tertullian's writings that we first find the Latin word "trinity" to describe the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, whom he taught were "one God in three persons." This remains a classic trinitarian formula to this day. He also made a great contribution to Christology, the branch of theology which seeks to understand the person of Jesus Christ and how divinity and humanity are related in him. It is Tertullian who gives us the formula later canonized by the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, teaching that Christ is "one person in two natures." Tertullian is the author of many apologetic and theological works and is one of the most quotable of the Early Church Fathers. His is the famous phrase "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church." And criticizing the reliance on pagan philosophy that he detects in many heretics, he coined yet another famous phrase: "what has Athens to do with Jerusalem?"

27. Tertullian - Wikiquote 1 Sourced; 2 Quotes by others about tertullian; 3 Attributed . The tertullian Project Latin texts, translations in many languages, manuscripts etc. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tertullian

Tertullian From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (born ca. 150-160, died ca. 220-240) A major theologian in the early Christian church, known for his powerful denunciations of many influences he considered heretical, including the widespread admiration of pagan philosophers and many Gnostic ideas, yet in later life a Montanist , and thus he himself an embracer of beliefs that came to be declared heretical. Contents Sourced Quotes by others about Tertullian Attributed External links: ... edit Sourced Plures efficimur, quoties metumur a vobis; semen est sanguis christianorum. Translation: We multiply whenever we are mown down by you; the blood of Christians is seed. Apologeticus Omnium gentium unus homo, uarium nomen est, una anima, uaria uox, unus spiritus, uarius sonus, propria cuique genti loquella, sed loquellae materia communis. Translation: Man is one name belonging to every nation upon earth. In them all is one soul though many tongues. Every country has its own language, yet the subjects of which the untutored soul speaks are the same everywhere. De Testimonio Animae (The Testimony of the Soul) (6.3)

28. Tertullian Professor Gerald Bray examines the history of the early church with particular reference to the great Latin theologian, tertullian. This is an audio lecture http://www.theologian.org.uk/churchhistory/tertullian.html

home bible doctrine church history ... contents Bookmarks Start About the Author Church History Tertullian and the Early Church by Gerald Bray Professor Gerald Bray examines the history of the early church with particular reference to the great Latin theologian, Tertullian. This is an audio lecture in mp3 format. Click here to download the lecture (or right click and "Save Target As" to download now and listen later. It is about 8 MB in size and lasts 74 minutes. Other articles by Gerald Bray on The Theologian include: Can God Suffer? Is there a Place for Reform in the Church of England? ... Two Testaments - One Bible About the Author Gerald Bray is Director of Research for the Latimer Trust , Professor at Samford University, Alabama (USA) and Editor of the journal Churchman . His doctorate from the Sorbonne was on Tertullian. This lecture first appeared online at www.biblicatraining.org , where other lectures by Dr. Bray can be downloaded.

29. Family Tree: Tertullian - Today's Christian Reared in North Africa in the second century, tertullian may have trained to be a lawyer, but he became a skilled defender of the Christian faith instead. http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2001/001/12.15.html

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30. Tertullian Quotes 28 quotes and quotations by tertullian. tertullian Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage. tertullian http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/tertullian.html

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32. Tertullian tertullian is the earliest and after St. Augustine the greatest of the ancient church writers of the West. Before him the whole Christian literature in the http://www.nndb.com/people/741/000071528/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Tertullian AKA Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus Born: 155 AD Birthplace: Carthage Died: 222 AD Location of death: Carthage Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Religion: Christian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Religion Nationality: Ancient Carthage Executive summary: Early church father Tertullian is the earliest and after St. Augustine the greatest of the ancient church writers of the West. Before him the whole Christian literature in the Latin language consisted of a translation of the Bible, the Octavius of Minucius Felix an apologetic treatise written in the Ciceronian style for the higher circles of society, and with no evident effect for the church as a whole, the brief Acts of the Scillitan martyrs, and a list of the books recognized as canonical (the so-called Muratorian fragment). Whether Victor the Roman bishop and Apollonius the Roman senator ever really made an appearance as Latin authors is quite uncertain. Tertullian in fact created Christian Latin literature; one might almost say that that literature sprang from him full-grown, alike in form and substance, as Athena from the head of Zeus. Cyprian polished the language that Tertullian had made, sifted the thoughts he had given out, rounded them off, and turned them into current coin, but he never ceased to be aware of his dependence on Tertullian, whom he designated as his master. Augustine, again, stood on the shoulders of Tertullian and Cyprian; and these three North Africans are the fathers of the Western churches.

33. St. Tertullian - Catholic Online St. tertullian. Feastday April 27 490. Bishop of Bologna, Italy. No details concerning the programs of his ministry are available. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2180

34. Tertullian-Baptism 187 tertullian seems to have confused the Judas with whom Saul stayed (Acts ix. 11) with the Simon with whom St. Peter stayed (Acts ix. http://www.piney.com/Tertullian-Baptism.html

Tertullian on Necessity of Baptism A viper of the Cainite heresy makes it her first aim to destroy baptism b. c. 155, /160, Carthage [now in Tunisia] d. after 220, Carthage On Baptism. 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. Chapter IV.-The Primeval Hovering of the Spirit of God Over the Waters Typical of Baptism. The Universal Element of Water Thus Made a Channel of Sanctification. Resemblance Between the Outward Sign and the Inward Grace. ... Ecclesiasticus 38 . Honor the physician with the honor due him, according1 to your need of him, for the Lord created him; . for healing comes from the Most High, and he will receive a gift from the king. . The skill of the physician lifts up his head, and in the presence of great men he is admired. . The Lord created medicines from the earth , and a sensible man will not despise them . Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that his power might be known . And he gave skill to men that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.

35. Biography: Tertullian Glossary of Religion and Philosophy Short Biography of tertullian. http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/western/bldef_tertullian.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') You are here: About Agnosticism / Atheism Agnosticism / Atheism Atheism ... Help Tertullian Back to Last Page Glossary Index Related Terms Montanism Name: Tertullian Dates: Born: c. 160 Died: c. 225 Conversion to Christianity: c. 197 Biography: Although there were quite a few important people who contributed to the early development of Christianity, Tertullian is one which many people remember. A Carthaginian who converted from paganism to Christianity in 197, Tertullian became a prolific writer and staunch defender of the Christian faith. He was very strict when it came to personal morality, which may be the reason why he fell into Montanism later in his life. One thing Tertullian became famous for was his question "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" In these simple words he expressed the basic distinction between faith and reason - i.e., traditional faith and traditional Greek philosophy. According to Tertullian, faith was supreme while reason and philosophy, centered in Athens, had to accept a second-class status, if any status at all. Another thing he became famous for was his statement credo quia absurdam - I believe because it is absurd. With these words he effectively denounced reason and philosophy as having any important place in theology.

36. Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem (19-Apr-1995) tertullian, Adversus Marcionem. 10. But if you transfer the charge of wrongdoing from the man s account to the devil s, because it was he who incited the http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/anderson/vita/pericopes/Patristics/Tert.Ag.Marc.ht

Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 10. But if you transfer the charge of wrongdoing from the man's account to the devil's, because it was he who incited the man to sin, and if you hope by this means to direct the blame against the Creator, as having created the devilfor, "He maketh angels spirits" [Ps 104:4] (I answer that) that which he was made by God, namely an angel, will be the responsibility of God who made him, while that which he was not made by God, namely the devil or accuserit follows that he must have made himself that by bringing an accusation about God, a false one at that, first that God had forbidden them to eat of every tree, and next that if they did eat they would not die, and thirdly that God had selfishly denied them divinity. What then was the origin of this malice of lying and deceit directed against man and woman, and of the false accusation against God? Certainly it was not from God, for in common with all his works he had made that angel good. In fact until he became the devil he is declared the wisest of all: and I suppose the wisdom is no evil. Also if you turn up Ezekiel's prophecy you will easily perceive that that angel was by creation good, and by his own act became corrupt. [Ezek 28:11-16] In the person of the prince of Tyre this pronouncement is made against the devil:

37. Tertullian The following excerpts contain tertullian s two most famous expressions what has Athens to do with Jerusalem and it is to be believed because it is http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/344tert.html

Tertullian Excerpts from the Original Electronic Text at the web site of New Advent's Father's of the Church. The following excerpts contain Tertullian's two most famous expressions: "what has Athens to do with Jerusalem" and it is "to be believed because it is absurd." Both expressions occurred in the context of a polemical war of words against "heretics" and perhaps give an exaggerated sense of Tertullian's distrust of the role of reason in religion. Nevertheless, they capture the essence of a Christianity grounded in faith and acutely aware that the vital tenets of Christian faith transcended reason, appearing irrational to natural reason. Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 1 Introduction: Heresies Must Exist, and Even Abound. THE character of the times in which we live is such as to call forth from us even this admonition, that we ought not to be astonished at the heresies (which abound) neither ought their existence to surprise us, for it was foretold that they should come to pass; nor the fact that they subvert the faith of some, for their final cause is, by affording a trial to faith, to give it also the opportunity of being "approved." Groundless, therefore, and inconsiderate is the offence of the many who are scandalized by the very fact that heresies prevail to such a degree. How great (might their offence have been) if they had not existed. When it has been determined that a thing must by all means be, it receives the (final) cause for which it has its being. This secures the power through which it exists, in such a way that it is impossible for it not to have existence. . . .

38. Tertullian - Definition From The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition of tertullian from the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tertullian

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39. Author:Tertullian - Wikisource 2 Works incorrectly attributed to tertullian; 3 Works about tertullian The tertullian the presbyter section of Lives of Illustrious Men written by http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Tertullian

Author:Tertullian From Wikisource Jump to: navigation search Author Index: T Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus See also biography quotes A church leader and prolific author of Early Christianity. He also was a notable early Christian apologist. Contents Works Single known free translation Multiple translations available Works incorrectly attributed to Tertullian ... edit Works edit Single known free translation De paenitentia (On repentance), here translated by Sidney Thelwall in Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume III De idolatria (On Idolotry), here translated by Thelwall, ibid Adversus Judaeos (Against the Jews), here translated by Thelwall, ibid Scorpiace (Antidote to the scorpion's sting), here translated by Thelwall, ibid De patientia (On patience), here translated by Thelwall, ibid Adversus Marcionem (Against Marcion), here translated by Peter Holmes ibid Adversus Hermogenem (Against Hermogenes), here translated by Holmes, ibid De resurrectione carnis (On the resurrection of the flesh), here translated by Holmes, ibid De anima (On the soul), here translated by Holmes, ibid Ad nationes (To the nations), here translated by Holmes

40. Tertullian tertullian spoke out of personal experience when he wrote that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. In an angry defense of the Christians, http://www.prca.org/books/portraits/tertull.htm

Chapter 3 Tertullian: Theologian Introduction Although Paul writes to the Corinthians that the general rule of God in the church of Christ is that "not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called" (I Cor. 1:26), nevertheless, God is sometimes pleased to give to the church of Christ men of outstanding ability and great intellectual, moral, and spiritual strength, who stand as giants in the annuls of the church's history. Such a man was Tertullian. Though he is little known and though the Roman Catholic Church, with some reason, considers him a heretic and apostate, he remains a towering figure whose importance in the church stands on a par with such men as Augustine, Luther and Calvin. Much of his life has been lost in the dusty past. Only the sketchiest of details have come down to us. He was from Cathage, a city whose importance in the history of the Roman Empire is known to the youngest of school boys who have learned a bit of ancient history. The church of the third century had spread throughout the Roman Empire. It was divided geographically and nationally into two parts. The Eastern Church, including Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, and Egypt, was basically Greek. It spoke the Greek language and possessed the speculative Greek mind. The Western Church, including Italy, Spain, Gaul, and North Africa, was Latin. It spoke the Latin language and was under the influence of the practical Roman mind with its emphasis on law. Tertullian belonged to the Western Church.

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