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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Carthaginian theologian who converted to Christianity (c. 193), broke with the Catholic Church (c. 207), and formed his own schismatic sect. His writings greatly influenced Western theology.

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  • proper noun a Roman cognomen, in particular borne by the Christian theologian Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage

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  • noun Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230)

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Anglicized from Latin Tertullianus.

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