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- Tertullian started to write a ton of works that were mostly centered on apologetics, dogma, and morality. There are still many of these Latin-language literary masterpieces around today. Ad Nationes, a piece against the injustice of Roman persecution of early Christians, and Apologeticum, a well-written defense of religious freedom and the Christian faith, were two of his most illustrious early writings.
- With a strong sense of truth, Tertullian attacked the heresies of his day and often addressed the theological problems of specific opponents. For example, in Adversus Hermogenem (“Against Hermogenes”) Tertullian refuted the ideas of a local Carthaginian painter who believed God formed creation out of preexisting matter.
- Tertullian’s writing style employed a biting with and confrontational force unmatched by early Christian authorities. As a lawyer, Tertullian recognized the value of human reason in defending the doctrines of the Christian faith. In Adversus Marcionem, Tertullian wrote
- “All the properties of God ought to be as rational as they are natural … nothing else can properly be accounted good than that which is rationally good; much less can goodness itself be defected in any irrationality.”
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