TERTULLIAN

Meaning of TERTULLIAN in English

(c 160-c 225) Latin Church Father; became a Montanist; coined the word Trinity as one substance manifested in three persons; developed understanding of original sin and relationship between faith and reason; wrote a long answer to Marcion ; late in life he joined the sect of Montanists

Theological and philosophical biography English dict. Английский словарь богословской и философской биографии . 2012

TERTULLIAN — biographical name circa A.D. 155(or 160)-after 220 Quintus Septimius Florens ~us church father
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TERTULLIAN — born с 155/160, Carthage died after 220, Carthage Early Christian theologian and moralist. Educated in Carthage, he became impressed by …
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TERTULLIAN — /teuhr tul"ee euhn, -tul"yeuhn/ , n. ( Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus ) A.D. c160-c230, Carthaginian theologian.
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TERTULLIAN — biographical name circa A.D. 155(or 160)-after 220 Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus church father
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TERTULLIAN — born c. 155, /160, Carthage [now in Tunisia] died after 220, , Carthage Latin in full Quintus Septimus Florens Tertullianus …
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TERTULLIAN — Tertullian BrE AmE tɜː ˈtʌl i‿ən tə- AmE \ t ə r-
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TERTULLIAN — born 0441; 155/160, Carthage died after 220, Carthage Early Christian theologian and moralist. Educated in Carthage, he became impressed by …
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TERTULLIAN — Квинт Септимий Флоренс Тертуллиан
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TERTULLIAN — Pronunciation: ( ˌ )t ə r- ' t ə l-y ə n Function: biographical name ca A.D. 155(or 160)-after 220 …
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PATRISTIC LITERATURE — Body of literature that comprises those works (excluding the New Testament) written by Christians before the 8th century. It refers …
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MONTANISM — Heretical Christian movement founded in AD 156 by Montanus. Having converted to Christianity, Montanus fell into a trance and began …
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CARTHAGE — Ancient city and state, northern Africa. Located near modern Tunis , Tun., it was built around a citadel called the …
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APOLOGIST — Any of the Christian writers, primarily in the 2nd century, who attempted to provide a defense of Christianity against Greco-Roman …
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TERTULLIANIST — (ˌ)tərˈtəlēənə̇st, -ˈtül-, -lyən- noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Tertullian died A.D.230? Latin ecclesiastical writer + English -ist …
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AFRICAN SCHOOL — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : an early ante-Nicene school of patristic philosophy developed in northern Africa of which Tertullian …
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APOLOGY — (n.) Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be …
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APOLOGY — ( n. ) Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what …
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APOLOGY — vi to offer an apology. 2. apology ·noun anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. 3. apology ·noun something said …
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MONTANISM — also called Cataphrygian heresy, or New Prophecy a heretical movement founded by the prophet Montanus that arose in the Christian …
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