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Tertullian of Carthage
De Spectaculis, also known as On the Spectacles or The Shows, is a surviving moral and ascetic treatise by Tertullian. Written somewhere between 197-202, the work looks at the moral…
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Tertullian's apology says, "That ever judges, who are commissioned to torture for the confession of truth, should abuse it upon Christians only, for the extortion of a lie! You demand…
Tertullian, the african church father, states his primary thesis that "The principal crime of the human race, the highest guilt charged upon the world, the whole procuring cause of judgment…
De Carne Christi (ca. 203-206) is a polemical work by Tertullian against the Gnostic Docetism of Marcion, Apelles, Valentinus and Alexander. It purports that the body of Christ was a…
In Which the Author Gives a Concise Account of, Together with Sundry Caustic Animadversions on, the Very Fantastic Theology of the Sect. This Treatise is Professedly Taken from the Writings…
Gordon W. Martin
Quintus Septimus Florens Tertullianus, better known as Tertullian, is the first theologian of the Latin West. Son of a pagan home, he became a Christian leader and thinker in a…
C. Daniel-Hughes
Examines Tertullian of Carthage’s (160-220 C.E.) writings on dress within Roman vestimentary culture. It employs a socio-historical approach, together with insights from performance theory and feminist rhetorical analysis, to situate…
Hannah Turrill
Tertullian of Carthage is well-known for having had a significant influence on the development of theology in the Latin-speaking western portion of the Roman Empire. Much attention has been paid…
Saints Perpetua and Felicity, a young noblewoman and her slave, were martyred for their faith in A.D. 203, under the emperor Severus. At the time of their arrest, Perpetua had…
Albert Pillet
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1881 Original Publisher: D.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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The African Fabiola: Or The Church Of Carthage In The Days Of Tertullian is a historical novel written by Albert Pillet and published in 1881. The story is set in…
