c. AD 155 – c. 220
Tertullian
The first major Latin Christian author; he shaped Western theological vocabulary, including the word trinitas.
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- Location
- Carthage, North Africa
- Role
- Apologist and theologian writing in Latin
- Major writings
- Apology; Prescription Against Heretics; Against Praxeas; On Baptism
- Teachings
- Trinitarian language of one substance and three persons
- Rigorous moral discipline
- Connection to apostolic Christianity
- He appealed to churches able to name their apostolic founders as the criterion of true doctrine, though he later joined the Montanist movement and is not counted a saint.
Quotations with references
“The blood of Christians is seed.”
Sources and References
- Tertullian, Apologynewadvent.org