Tertullian

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Christian apologist Christian theologian Church Father Latin writer polemicist

Tertullian was an early Christian theologian and writer from Carthage, known for his influential Latin apologetic and polemical works that helped shape Western Christian thought.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tertullian canonical 33
Latin Church Father Tertullian 1
Tertullian's wife 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian apologist ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
Church Father ⓘ
Latin writer ⓘ
polemicist ⓘ
birthPlace Carthage ⓘ
Africa Proconsularis ⓘ
surface form: Roman Africa
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
coinedTerm Trinity ⓘ
surface form: Trinitas

persona in a Trinitarian context ⓘ
substantia in a Trinitarian context ⓘ
era early Christian period ⓘ
floruit early 3rd century ⓘ
late 2nd century ⓘ
genre apologetics ⓘ
polemics ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
influenced Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Cyprian of Carthage ⓘ
Latin Christian theology ⓘ
Western Christian thought ⓘ
knownFor coining Latin theological terminology ⓘ
early Latin Christian apologetics ⓘ
polemical writings against heresies ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
movement Montanism ⓘ
notableWork Ad Nationes ⓘ
Ad Uxorem ⓘ
Adversus Marcionem ⓘ
Apologeticus ⓘ
On the Soul ⓘ
surface form: De Anima

De Carne Christi ⓘ
De Corona Militis ⓘ
De Cultu Feminarum ⓘ
De Praescriptione Haereticorum ⓘ
Scorpiace ⓘ
occupation Christian apologist ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
regionOfActivity Carthage ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
theologicalPosition affirmation of the resurrection of the flesh ⓘ
defense of martyrdom ⓘ
early formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ
opposition to Gnosticism ⓘ
opposition to Marcionism ⓘ
rigorist ethics ⓘ
strong view of church discipline ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church Fathers → notableMember → Tertullian ⓘ
Modalism → opposedByPerson → Tertullian ⓘ
Docetism → opposedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
Patripassianism (teaching that the Father suffered on the cross) → opposedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
subject surface form: Patripassianism
Praxeas → opposedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
Praxeas → mentionedIn → Tertullian ⓘ
this entity surface form: writings of Tertullian
Sabellius → opposedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
Western text-type → usedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
Africa Proconsularis → notableResident → Tertullian ⓘ
Marcionism → condemnedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
Gnosticism → isDiscussedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
Valentinianism → opposedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
Apologeticus → author → Tertullian ⓘ
Apologeticus → associatedWithPerson → Tertullian ⓘ
Ad Nationes → author → Tertullian ⓘ
De Carne Christi → author → Tertullian ⓘ
Ad Uxorem → author → Tertullian ⓘ
Ad Uxorem → primaryAddressee → Tertullian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tertullian's wife
De Cultu Feminarum → author → Tertullian ⓘ
De Corona Militis → author → Tertullian ⓘ
De Corona Militis → associatedPerson → Tertullian ⓘ
Montanism → influenced → Tertullian ⓘ
Montanism → associatedWith → Tertullian ⓘ
Christian pacifism → historicalProponent → Tertullian ⓘ
Scorpiace → author → Tertullian ⓘ
Scorpiace → workOf → Tertullian ⓘ
this entity surface form: Latin Church Father Tertullian
Adversus Marcionem → author → Tertullian ⓘ
De Praescriptione Haereticorum → author → Tertullian ⓘ
proto-orthodox Christianity → hasKeyFigure → Tertullian ⓘ
Sabellianism → opposedBy → Tertullian ⓘ
Roman North Africa → hasNotableFigure → Tertullian ⓘ
Adversus Praxean → author → Tertullian ⓘ
Latin Fathers of the West → hasMember → Tertullian ⓘ
Romanized North Africans → producedFigure → Tertullian ⓘ
Miracle of the Rain → sourceMention → Tertullian ⓘ
Hermotimus of Clazomenae → citedBy → Tertullian ⓘ