Tertullian, or Quintus Septimius Florens, was an African Christian theologian, moralist and apologist, and a native of Carthage, North Africa.
Little about Tertullian's life is certain and he is known almost exclusively from his books, of which thirty-one Latin works have survived, making them the first significant Christian Latin literature to have survived.
His writings are varied in their contents. His early works were mainly apologetic in nature dealing with moral controversies of his times. His preoccupation then shifted to the refutations against heretics; Against Marcion being probably the most famous. He was among the first to expound on the Lord's Prayer, and on baptism. His work was influential in shaping the language used later to formulate later debates on the Trinity (he coined the term) and the doctrine of Christ.
Resources:
O. W. Holmes, "Tertullian on Prayer," Tyndale Bulletin 5-6 (1960): 27-32.
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