![]() ![]() Tertullian was never recognized as a saint by the Eastern or Western Catholic churches. He is perhaps most famous for being the first writer in Latin known to use the term trinity (Latin: trinitas). Tertullian originated new theological concepts and advanced the development of early Church doctrine. Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity", as well as "the founder of Western theology". He was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. Tertullian ( / t ər ˈ t ʌ l i ə n/ Latin: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus c.
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