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Tertullian

Also known as Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus

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.

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Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus was a male human writer, theologian, philosopher, and jurist born in Roman Carthage. He held citizenship in Ancient Rome and lived during the time of the Roman Empire. Tertullian wrote in Latin and is described by sources including the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, De viris illustribus, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

His field of work was philosophy, and his religion or worldview was Montanism. He died in Roman Carthage. Tertullian is associated with 36 works.

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Theologian.name: Tertullian
Theologian.image: Tertullian2.png
Theologian.birth_name: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
Theologian.birth_place: Carthage, Roman Africa
Theologian.death_date: after 220 AD
Theologian.death_place: Carthage, Roman Africa
Theologian.era: Patristic age
Theologian.notable_works: Apologeticus
Theologian.tradition_movement: Trinitarianism
Theologian.main_interests: Soteriology, traducianism
Theologian.notable_ideas: Hypostasis, ousia, sacrament, consubstantiality, persona, religious liberty

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Roman Carthage
Place of death: Roman Carthage
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: Montanism
Field of work: philosophy
Image: Tertullian2.png

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Commons category: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
date of death: 0240-00-00
described by source: Wikitólica
Commons gallery: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
praenomen: Quintus
time period: Roman Empire
name in native language: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
gens: Septimia gens
writing language: Latin
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date of birth: 0160-00-00
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Commons Creator page: Tertullian

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Tertullian, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

28 sections

Contents

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 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).

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