Ad Scapulam
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Ad Scapulam is a Christian apologetic and exhortatory work by Tertullian, addressed to the Roman proconsul Scapula and urging him to cease persecuting Christians.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian apologetic work
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Christian exhortatory work ⓘ Latin Christian literature ⓘ patristic text ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Scapula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| addresseeOccupation | Roman proconsul ⓘ |
| argumentStrategy |
appeal to divine judgment
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defense of Christian loyalty to the Empire ⓘ moral exhortation ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Scapula Tertullus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience | Roman official Scapula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Tertullian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 3rd century ⓘ |
| circulation | Christian communities in the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethicalConcern | treatment of Christians by Roman authorities ⓘ |
| focus | appeal to a Roman official ⓘ |
| genre |
apologetics
ⓘ
exhortation ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Christian persecutions
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Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedField | Christian apologetic literature ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
letter
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treatise ⓘ |
| mentionsGroup | Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposesPractice | persecution of Christians ⓘ |
| partOf | Tertullian's apologetic corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Roman North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to urge Scapula to cease persecuting Christians ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Ad Nationes
NERFINISHED
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Apologeticum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousGenre | patristic apologetic treatise ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | North African Latin Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| rhetoricalMode | direct address to magistrate ⓘ |
| scripturalUse | employs biblical themes ⓘ |
| secondaryAudience | wider Christian readership ⓘ |
| theme |
innocence of Christians
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justice of God ⓘ persecution of Christians ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ |
| theologicalContext | early Christian apologetics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Church ⓘ |
| tradition | Latin Patristics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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