Definition of Tertullian

1. Noun. Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tertullian

Terrie
Terrien's marginal degeneration
Terrien's valve
Terrietia
Terrietia trifoliolata
Territorial Army
Territorian
Terry
Terry's nails
Terry's syndrome
Tersanctus
Terson's glands
Tertiary
Tertiary period
Tertry
Tertullian (current term)
Teruel
Terylene
Teschen disease
Teschen disease virus
Tesla coil
Tesla current
Teslascope
Teslascopes
Tess
Tessie
Tessier
Tessin
Tessy

Literary usage of Tertullian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"Tertullian was unfriendly to speculation. Philosophy, in his opinion, ... Of all the ancient Church Fathers (except Tatian) Tertullian emphasizes most the ..."

2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"From the disposition of Tertullian, it may easily be conceived, that he would persevere in the mode of thinking he had once shaped out for himself, ..."

3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, K. F. Th Schneider (1853)
"From the disposition of Tertullian, it may easily be conceived, that he would persevere in the mode of thinking he had once shaped out for himself, ..."

4. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"I had much rather quote Tertullian as an historian than a reasoner. ... Tertullian, we are told, resented certain treatment which he met with from some ..."

5. A History of the Christian Church by Williston Walker (1918)
"Tertullian AND CYPRIAN Tertullian was one of the most individual and remarkable ... In 197 Tertullian began a career of literary activity in defense and ..."

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