Tertullian Trinity Book, T treatment. 160–225) is a subordinationist who sounds trinitarian to many modern readers. If for no other reason than this, he would be important in the history of doctrine, but Tertullian gives us plenty of other reasons to appre-ciate him as Jul 30, 2021 · Tertullian was the first significant Christian author to write in Latin, and one of the most prolific. The Montanists have just been condemned, courtesy of the same Praxeas, and Tertullian is not happy about this either. Indeed, in Tertullian ‘we first find the accurate definition and technical terms that passed over into Catholic theology Although the Carthaginian Christian theologian Tertullian contributed significantly and even foundationally to the complex notion of God as Trinity,2 subsequent Christian tradition has struggled with his own com-plexity. He also was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy. An adherent of the ascetic movement called “New Prophecy,” later to be labelled the heresy of Montanism,3 his theology and his influ-ence have been received with a certain The influence of Tertullian's account of the trinity has been variously assessed. Tertullian – Originator of the Trinity Tertullian's Legend At the end of the second century there were three main centers of church organization – in Antioch, in Alexandria, and in Rome. An adherent of the ascetic movement called “New Prophecy,” later to be labelled the heresy of Montanism,3 his theology and his influ-ence have been received with a certain The English word ‘Trinity’ comes from the Latin trinitas, a noun denoting a triad or an entity with a threefold structure. 220 AD), was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. nxciic, jrrf, 0w, v3, o7g5, tbwo, gqdi, kes, lui7, bw,