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Tertullian
ca. 155–ca. 220
Hailing from Carthage, the prolific author Tertullian wrote histories of the early church and was the first to do so in Latin. He coined the term trinity (trinitas) and is considered the “father of Latin Christianity.” Among his thirty-one extant works is Adversos Iudaeos (Against the Jews), an anti-Jewish treatise.
Content by Tertullian
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Freedom in Return for a Tribute
Apology 18.6–8
Hebrews of old they were, who now are Jews; so the books are called Hebrew and the language. But that understanding of their books might not be wanting, the concession was made to Ptolemy by the Jews…
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Paul as Prophesied by Isaiah
Against Marcion 5.6–7
Why then does your god, like the apostle, still rest his case upon the same document? What has he, here and everywhere, to do with the statements of the prophets? For who has known the mind of the…
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