Tertullian

Attested. Attested; Jerome's claim that he was a priest is doubted.

Tertullian is the first major Christian author in Latin. He wrote apologetic, moral, and anti-heretical works, including Against Marcion. In later life he sympathized with the New Prophecy associated with Montanus. He did not found a church, and 'Tertullianist' groups mentioned later were small.

Carthaginian writer, the first major Latin Christian author. He coined much of Latin theology's vocabulary, including 'trinitas', and later sided with the Montanist movement.

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