Questions tagged [tertullian]
2nd/3rd century Latin church father
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What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?
Today's reading on Exodus 90 said:
The early Church writer Tertullian (~155–220 A.D.), known as the father of Western theology, once posed the question, “What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?” The ...
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Why did Tertulian became a Montanist?
Tertullian becoming a Montanist is the key factor why he wasn't considered a Church Father and a Saint, although he is considered an important ecclesiastical writer (cf. wikipedia, 3rd paragraph).
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The statements of the early Church Fathers regarding the doctrine of the Trinity (pre-Nicea)
In an article answering Georg Kaplan's 1 denials of the Trinitarian doctrine, Ken Temple states :
Even if the early Church had never applied the title θεός to Jesus, his deity would still be apparent ...
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What is the source for Tertullian's "woman is a temple built over a sewer" quote?
I've seen several different versions of this quotation, but the one constant is:
Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
Other versions expand on this. Adding items such as
Woman is a temple ...
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In which writings does Tertullian apply the concept of satisfaction to salvation?
Everett Ferguson, in Church History, I.21.IV, cites Tertullian (d. ~240) as a proto-satisfaction theory of atonement thinker:
The sacrificial or satisfaction theory had an initial statement by ...
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Don't understand the Trinity doctrine [duplicate]
Tried to understand the doctrine deeply and in a broader way than it is taught in school, or presented in Wikipedia.
And no one can explain it to me in a simple way for my mind to accept it,
How it ...
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What does "Tres Personae" mean in Tertullian's "Una Substantia Tres Personae"?
I've read the internet about Tertullian's "tres personae, una substantia" of Trinity. It seems that his "tres personae, una substantia" is rejected by all kind of Christianity.
However I would like ...
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What did the fathers of the early church think of Tertullian?
Today, Tertullian (c. AD 155–240) has something of a mixed reputation in many Christian circles. He's recognized as a significant thinker and a major contributor to the doctrine of the Trinity. But ...
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What does Tertullian mean by the Son being a "portion of the Father's substance"?
What does Tertullian mean by the Son being a "portion of the Father's substance"?
"For the Father is the entire substance, but the Son is a derivation
and portion of the whole" (Against Praxeas, ...
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Did Tertullian forbid Christians from being school teachers?
While reading Bruce Shelley's Church History in Plain Language, I came across the following quote, in the context of how early Christians separated themselves from the world around them for fear of ...
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Early church writers opposed to the baptism of infants?
In his book On Baptism, Chapter 18, "Of the Persons to Whom, and the Time When, Baptism is to Be Administered," Tertullian says
According to the circumstances and disposition, and even age, of each ...
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What is the origin of the story of the Apostle John surviving being dipped in boiling oil?
What is the earliest record of the Apostle John being placed in boiling oil and miraculously living? I can't find any scriptural mention of the story. The only reference I have is Tertullian:
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What was the Biblical Basis Tertullian used to support what he termed the "refrigerium interim"? [duplicate]
The early Christian theologian Tertullian used the term refrigerium interim to describe a happy state in which the souls of the blessed are refreshed while they await the Last Judgment and their ...
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In what ways did orthodox trinitarianism diverge from Tertullian's proto-trinitarianism?
Tertullian is well known as the first Latin writer to use the word "trinity" (trinitas) and as a proponent of trinitarian doctrine in general. But there were many trinitarian controversies between his ...
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