De Corona Militis

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De Corona Militis is an early Christian treatise by Tertullian that argues against Christians participating in pagan military rituals and wearing the laurel crown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian treatise
Latin prose work
theological work
approximateDate around 211 CE
early 3rd century
associatedPerson Tertullian
audience Christians serving in the Roman army
North African Christian communities
author Tertullian
cites Christian tradition
Scripture
genre apologetic work
polemical treatise
historicalContext early Christian church under the Roman Empire
influenced Christian pacifist traditions
later Christian discussions on military service
keyConcept Christian identity
baptismal discipline
confession of faith
obedience to Christ over the state
separation from the world
language Latin
literaryForm prose
mainTopic Christian nonconformity to pagan customs
Christian participation in military service
Christian witness
baptismal vows
idolatry
laurel crown
martyrdom
pagan military rituals
placeOfOrigin Carthage
positionOnIdolatry equates pagan military ceremonies with idolatry
positionOnLaurelCrown forbids Christians to wear the laurel crown
positionOnPaganRituals opposes Christian participation in pagan military rituals
positionOnScripture argues that not all Christian practices are explicitly in Scripture
positionOnTradition affirms authority of unwritten Christian tradition
preservedIn patristic Latin manuscript tradition
relatedWork Apologeticus
surface form: Apologeticum

De Idololatria
Idols of the Theatre
surface form: De Spectaculis
religiousPerspective Montanist-influenced Christianity
religiousTradition Christianity
theologicalDiscipline Christian ethics
moral theology
theologicalTheme conflict between Christian faith and Roman civic religion
limits of obedience to secular authority
nature of Christian martyrdom

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Tertullian notableWork De Corona Militis