21. 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.m-w.com/dictionary/tertullian

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22. 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.

23. 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)

24. 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.

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27. Ancient History Sourcebook: Tertullian: On Pagan Learning, C. 220 CE From tertullian, On the Proscription of Heretics, trans. T. Herbert Bindley, (London SPCK, 1914). Scanned by J. S. Arkenberg, Dept. of History, Cal. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/200Tertullian-pagan.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Back to Medieval Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: Tertullian: On Pagan Learning, c. 220 CE enthymesis and ectroma . Unhappy Aristotle! who invented for these men dialectics, the art of building up and pulling down; an art so evasive in its propositions, so far-fetched in its conjectures, so harsh, in its arguments, so productive of contentions, embarrassing even to itself, retracting everything, and really treating of nothing! Whence spring those "fables and endless genealogies," and "unprofitable questions," and "words which spread like a cancer?" From all these, when the apostle would restrain us, he expressly names philosophy as that which he would have us be on our guard against. Writing to The Colossians , he says, "See that no one beguile you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, and contrary to the wisdom of the Holy Ghost." He had been at Athens, and had in his interviews (with its philosophers) become acquainted with that human wisdom which pretends to know the truth, while it only corrupts it, and is itself divided into its own manifold heresies, by the variety of its mutually repugnant sects. What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the Church? What between heretics and Christians? Our instruction comes from "the porch of Solomon," who had himself taught that "the Lord should be sought in simplicity of heart." Away with all attempts to produce a mottled Christianity of Stoic, Platonic, and dialectic composition! We want no curious disputation after possessing Christ Jesus, no inquisition after enjoying the gospel! With our faith, we desire no further belief. For this is our primary faith, that there is nothing which we ought to believe besides!

28. Tertullian S Letter To The Martyrs by tertullian. Chapter 1. Blessed martyrs elect, along with the nourishment for the body which our Lady Mother the Church from her breast, http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/LostBooks/tertullian_martyrs.htm

29. TERTULLIAN ON FASTING (A Drive) Survey on individual, communal, and stational fasts in tertullian s Carthaginian community. http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~james.p.burns/chroma/practices/fastmcgowan.htm

TERTULLIAN ON FASTING Andrew McGowan Introduction If anything, Tertullian is too good a source on fasting, as enthusiastic theorist of an ascetic tendency within the Carthaginian Church. In the treatise devoted specifically to this subject he over-argues and over-explains fasting, describing not so much a world of asceticism as one of its poles. The passing comments are often as revealing, or more so, than the detailed invective. It is possible nonetheless to use both the polemical and the incidental references in his writings as sources for partial reconstruction of the ascetic dietary practices of the Christian community in Carthage, bearing in mind that they, like the Church itself, involved considerable diversity. Taken as a whole, these writings yield information on a variety of issues regarding fasting practice: communal fasts in time of drought, pre-baptismal and penitential fasting, the relationship between fasting and eucharist, and specific customs or bodily practices associated with undertaking individual fasts (kissing, kneeling). Although the development of Tertullian’s Montanist tendencies led to increased focus on the contrasts between ascetic practices common to the rest of the Church community (the "psychics") and those associated with the New Prophecy, there is no radical disjuncture between the picture given in earlier and later treatises, other than the uniquely fulsome rhetoric of On Fasting . The Ad Scapulam (4.6), among Tertullian’s latest works, gives information similar to that of the

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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?"

31. 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.

32. Family Tree: Tertullian - Today's Christian To encourage Christians to live out their faith by providing inspiring models and clear teaching in convenient digest format. http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2001/001/12.15.html

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Chapter 11. TRINITARIANISM: DEFINITION AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT We have tried to present the positive teaching of Scripture regardless of human traditions. However, we cannot cover the subject of the Godhead without describing the historical development of the most widely accepted view in Christendom, the doctrine of the trinity. In this chapter we will define trinitarianism, briefly trace its historical development, and discuss some of the inherent ambiguities in and problems with the doctrine. In Chapter 12 - TRINITARIANISM: AN EVALUATION , we will draw conclusions about trinitarianism, comparing this doctrine with the teachings of the Bible, pointing out some serious problems with it in light of Bible passages, and contrasting it with Oneness belief. Definition of the Doctrine of the Trinity Trinitarianism is the belief that there are three persons in one God. This has been stated in various ways, such as "one God in three Persons" and "three persons in one substance." It holds that in God are three distinctions of essence, not just of activity.

35. Tertullian: Five Books Against Marcion From tertullian s remarks (chap. xix.), it would seem at first as if Marcion had added to his Gospel that answer of our Saviour which we find related by St. http://www.gnosis.org/library/ter_marc4.htm

T HE G NOSTIC S OCIETY L IBRARY Tertullian: Five Books Against Marcion BOOK IV. IN WHICH TERTULLIAN PURSUES HIS ARGUMENT. JESUS IS THE CHRIST OF THE CREATOR. HE DERIVES HIS PROOFS FROM ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL; THAT BEING THE ONLY HISTORICAL PORTION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PARTIALLY ACCEPTED BY MARCION. THIS BOOK MAY ALSO BE REGARDED AS A COMMENTARY ON ST. LUKE. IT GIVES REMARKABLE PROOF OF TERTULLIAN'S GRASP OF SCRIPTURE, AND PROVES THAT "THE OLD TESTAMENT IS NOT CONTRARY TO THE NEW." IT ALSO ABOUNDS IN STRIKING EXPOSITIONS OF SCRIPTURAL PASSAGES, EMBRACING PROFOUND VIEWS OF REVELATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE NATURE OF MAN. CHAP. I.EXAMINATION OF THE ANTITHESES OF MARCION, BRINGING THEM TO THE TEST OF MARCION'S OWN GOSPEL. CERTAIN TRUE ANTITHESES IN THE DISPENSATIONS OF THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENTS.THESE VARIATIONS QUITE COMPATIBLE WITH ONE AND THE SAME GOD, WHO ORDERED THEM. CHAP. II.ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL, SELECTED BY MARCION AS HIS AUTHORITY, AND MUTILATED BY HIM. THE OTHER GOSPELS EQUALLY AUTHORITATIVE. MARCION'S TERMS OF DISCUSSION, HOWEVER, ACCEPTED, AND GRAPPLED WITH ON THE FOOTING OF ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL ALONE. his belief, and with which he so earnestly wished his own to agree, that he actually on that account went up to Jerusalem to know and consult the apostles, "lest he should run, or had been running in vain;" in other words, that the faith which he had learned, and the gospel which he was preaching, might be in accordance with theirs. Then, at last, having conferred with the (primitive) authors, and having agreed with them touching the rule of faith, they joined their hands in fellowship, and divided their labours thenceforth in the office of preaching the gospel, so that they were to go to the Jews, and St. Paul to the Jews and the Gentiles. Inasmuch, therefore, as the enlightener of St. Luke himself desired the authority of his predecessors for both his own faith and preaching, how much more may not I require for Luke's Gospel that which was necessary for the Gospel of his master.

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37. Tertullian: Against The Valentinians tertullian COMPARES THE HERESY TO THE OLD ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES. CHAPTER tertullian NOTICES A DIFFERENCE AMONG SUNDRY FOLLOWERS OF PTOLEMY, A http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/library/ter_val.htm

T HE G NOSTIC S OCIETY L IBRARY Tertullian: Against the Valentinians TERTULLIAN AGAINST THE VALENTINIANS. IN WHICH THE AUTHOR GIVES A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF, TOGETHER WITH SUNDRY CAUSTIC ANIMADVERSIONS ON, THE VERY FANTASTIC THEOLOGY OF THE SECT. THIS TREATISE IS PROFESSEDLY TAKEN FROM THE WRITINGS OF JUSTIN, MILTIADES, IRENAEUS, AND PROCULUS. [TRANSLATED BY DR. ROBERTS.] CHAP. I.INTRODUCTORY. TERTULLIAN COMPARES THE HERESY TO THE OLD ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES. BOTH SYSTEMS ALIKE IN PREFERRING CONCEALMENT OF ERROR AND SIN TO PROCLAMATION OF TRUTH AND VIRTUE. CHAP. II.THESE HERETICS BRAND THE CHRISTIANS AS SIMPLE PERSONS. THE CHARGE ACCEPTED, AND SIMPLICITY EULOGIZED OUT OF THE SCRIPTURES. CHAP. III.THE FOLLY OF THIS HERESY. IT DISSECTS AND MUTILATES THE DEITY. CONTRASTED WITH THE SIMPLE WISDOM OF TRUE RELIGION. TO EXPOSE THE ABSURDITIES OF THE VALENTINIAN SYSTEM IS TO DESTROY IT. CHAP. IV.THE HERESY TRACEABLE TO VALENTINUS, AN ABLE BUT RESTLESS MAN. MANY SCHISMATICAL LEADERS OF THE SCHOOL MENTIONED. ONLY ONE OF THEM SHOWS RESPECT TO THE MAN WHOSE NAME DESIGNATES THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

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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:

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