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Drawing from his training in literature and law, Tertullian demonstrates his talents as a Latinist and a rhetorician in an attempt to defend his newfound Christian faith. Tertullian's modern editor Otto Bardenhewer further contends that Apologeticus is calm in tone, "a model of judicial discussion". Unlike previous apologists of Christianity ...
The Apology to Autolycus (c. 169–83) by Theophilus of Antioch [3] Octavius (before 250, likely contemporary with Tertullian's Apology) by Marcus Minucius Felix [4] Apologeticus (or Apologeticum) (c. 197) by Tertullian; De Carne Christi (English: On the Body of Christ) (c. 206) by Tertullian
Tertullian (/ t ər ˈ t ʌ l i ə n /; Latin: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; c. 155 – c. 220 AD [1]) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and ...
Christian apologetics (Ancient Greek: ἀπολογία, "verbal defense, speech in defense") [1] is a branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity. [2]Christian apologetics have taken many forms over the centuries, starting with Paul the Apostle in the early church and Patristic writers such as Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Justin Martyr and Tertullian, then continuing with writers ...
De Spectaculis, also known as On the Spectacles or The Shows, is a surviving moral and ascetic treatise by Tertullian. Written somewhere between 197 and 202, the work looks at the moral legitimacy and consequences of Christians attending the circus, theatre, or amphitheatre. [1] Tertullian argues that human enjoyment can be an offence to God. [2]
Apology, Xenophon's version of Socrates' defense; A Mathematician's Apology (1940), an essay by British mathematician G. H. Hardy; Apologeticus or Apology (c. AD 197) of Tertullian; Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1864), a defense of Catholicism by John Henry Newman; Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1531), a defense of Lutheranism by Philipp Melanchthon
Tertullian, in his Adversus Valentinianos, calls Justin a philosopher and a martyr and the earliest antagonist of heretics. Hippolytus and Methodius of Olympus also mention or quote him. Eusebius of Caesarea deals with him at some length, [30] and names the following works: The First Apology addressed to Antoninus Pius, his sons, and the Roman ...
In the late 2nd and early 3rd century, the Christian apologist Tertullian, who wanted to expose the entire tradition of the extraordinary wisdom of Socrates as a deception in order to discredit philosophy by criticizing its outstanding representative. According to his account, the daimonion was a real being that exerted a corrupting influence ...