Tertullian Synonyms

tər-tŭlyən, -tŭlē-ən
Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus

Words Related to Tertullian

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. origen
  2. clement of alexandria
  3. irenaeus
  4. marcion
  5. eusebius
  6. papias
  7. justin-martyr
  8. hippolytus
  9. polycarp
  10. celsus
  11. epiphanius
  12. chrysostom
  13. clement-of-rome
  14. tatian
  15. pelagius

Tertullian Sentence Examples

  • Nay, in the Roman church a practice of fasting on Saturday as well as on Friday was current before the time of Tertullian.

  • This was the only authoritatively prescribed fast known to Tertullian (De jejunio, 2, 13, 14; De oratione, 18).

  • Next come the great Alexandrians, Clement, Origen, Dionysius; the Carthaginians, Tertullian and Cyprian; the Romans, Minucius Felix and Novatian; the last four laid the foundations of a Latin Christian literature.

  • The reader to whom the study is new will gain some idea of the bulk of the extant patristic literature, if we add that in Migne's collection ninety-six large volumes are occupied with the Greek fathers from Clement of Rome to John of Damascus, and seventysix with the Latin fathers from Tertullian to Gregory the Great.2 For a discussion of the more important fathers the student is referred to the articles which deal with them separately.

  • The evidence of Tertullian is good for Africa.

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