Fathers
Tertullian
A writer of Carthage and the first major Christian author in Latin. He coined much of the Latin vocabulary of theology, including the word trinitas, and wrote sharply against Marcion, Praxeas and pagan Rome. Later in life he joined the strict New Prophecy movement.
- Works here
- 4 to read straight through
- Passages
- 515 on 44 questions
Treatises and other works4
What Tertullian said on the questions
Answering Pagans and Jews8 passages
Apostolic Succession6 passages
Apostolic Tradition13 passages
Attributes and Providence3 passages
Baptism and New Birth6 passages
Canon and the Rule of Truth12 passages
- Prescription against Heretics 13
- Prescription against Heretics 15
- Prescription against Heretics 19
- Prescription against Heretics 20
- Prescription against Heretics 25
- Prescription against Heretics 26
- Prescription against Heretics 28
- Prescription against Heretics 30
- Prescription against Heretics 32
- Prescription against Heretics 36
- Prescription against Heretics 37
- Prescription against Heretics 38
Christ Undoes Adam’s Fall5 passages
Civil Authority24 passages
- A Treatise on the Soul 24
- Against Marcion 3
- Against Marcion 7
- Against Marcion 11
- Against Marcion 24
- Apology 2
- Apology 13
- Apology 30
- Apology 33
- Apology 34
- Apology 35
- Apology 36
- On Flight in Persecution
- On Idolatry 15
- On Idolatry 17
- On Idolatry 19
- On the Crown 1
- On the Crown 11
- On the Crown 12
- On the Crown 13
- On the Crown 15
- To Scapula 2
- To Scapula 4
- To Scapula 5
Discipline and Penance5 passages
Faith and Obedience11 passages
Free Will16 passages
God’s Care for His Creatures5 passages
Grace and God’s Help17 passages
- Against Marcion 1.22
- Against Marcion 1.23
- Against Marcion 1.25
- Against Marcion 2.4
- Against Marcion 2.17
- Against Marcion 2.27
- Against Marcion 4.14
- Against Marcion 4.31
- Against Marcion 5.5
- Against Marcion 5.11
- Against Marcion 5.18
- On Repentance 4
- On the Soul 2
- On the Soul 21
- On the Soul 26
- On the Soul 38
- On the Soul 48
Heresy and Schism3 passages
Image and Likeness20 passages
Incarnation — Word Made Flesh1 passage
Judgment and the Second Coming13 passages
- A Treatise on the Soul 58
- Against Marcion 8
- Against Marcion 13
- Against Marcion 16
- Against Marcion 39
- An Answer to the Jews 8
- An Answer to the Jews 13
- On Fasting 10
- On Modesty 13
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 22
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 24
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 27
- Prescription against Heretics 4
Liturgy and Prayer6 passages
Love of Neighbor and Enemy12 passages
Marriage and Chastity24 passages
- Against Marcion 34
- Apology 39
- On Exhortation to Chastity 1
- On Exhortation to Chastity 9
- On Exhortation to Chastity 10
- On Exhortation to Chastity 11
- On Modesty 16
- On Monogamy 1
- On Monogamy 7
- On Monogamy 10
- On Monogamy 11
- On Monogamy 12
- On Monogamy 13
- On Monogamy 16
- On the Apparel of Women Book I
- On the Apparel of Women Book II
- On the Veiling of Virgins 10
- On the Veiling of Virgins 11
- On the Veiling of Virgins 12
- On the Veiling of Virgins 13
- On the Veiling of Virgins 14
- On the Veiling of Virgins 15
- To His Wife Book I
- To His Wife Book II
Martyrdom as Witness27 passages
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 1
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 4
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 9
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 10
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 11
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 12
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 13
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 14
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 15
- Apology 50
- On Flight in Persecution
- On the Crown 1
- On the Crown 10
- On the Crown 11
- On the Crown 12
- On the Crown 13
- On the Crown 14
- On the Crown 15
- To Scapula 1
- To Scapula 3
- To Scapula 4
- To Scapula 5
- To the Martyrs 1
- To the Martyrs 2
- To the Martyrs 3
- To the Martyrs 4
- To the Martyrs 6
One God, Old and New Testaments45 passages
- Against Marcion 1
- Against Marcion 2
- Against Marcion 3
- Against Marcion 4
- Against Marcion 5
- Against Marcion 6
- Against Marcion 7
- Against Marcion 8
- Against Marcion 9
- Against Marcion 10
- Against Marcion 11
- Against Marcion 12
- Against Marcion 13
- Against Marcion 14
- Against Marcion 15
- Against Marcion 16
- Against Marcion 17
- Against Marcion 18
- Against Marcion 19
- Against Marcion 20
- Against Marcion 21
- Against Marcion 22
- Against Marcion 23
- Against Marcion 24
- Against Marcion 25
- Against Marcion 26
- Against Marcion 27
- Against Marcion 28
- Against Marcion 29
- Against Marcion 30
- Against Marcion 31
- Against Marcion 32
- Against Marcion 33
- Against Marcion 34
- Against Marcion 35
- Against Marcion 36
- Against Marcion 37
- Against Marcion 38
- Against Marcion 39
- Against Marcion 40
- Against Marcion 41
- Against Marcion 42
- Against Marcion 43
- On the Flesh of Christ 5
- Prescription against Heretics 30
Reading Scripture: Types and Figures11 passages
Resurrection of the Body15 passages
- Against Marcion 3.24
- Against Marcion 5.9
- Against Marcion 5.10
- Apology 48
- On the Flesh of Christ 1
- On the Flesh of Christ 5
- On the Flesh of Christ 11
- On the Flesh of Christ 12
- On the Flesh of Christ 13
- On the Flesh of Christ 15
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 1
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 2
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 14
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 35
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 63
Reward and Judgment27 passages
- Against Marcion 1.26
- Against Marcion 1.27
- Against Marcion 2.11
- Against Marcion 2.13
- Against Marcion 2.14
- Against Marcion 2.15
- Against Marcion 2.20
- Against Marcion 2.23
- Against Marcion 2.29
- Against Marcion 3.23
- Against Marcion 4.35
- Against Marcion 4.39
- Against Marcion 4.41
- Against Marcion 5.7
- Against Marcion 5.16
- On Repentance 12
- On the Soul 7
- On the Soul 9
- On the Soul 28
- On the Soul 33
- On the Soul 43
- On the Soul 53
- On the Soul 54
- On the Soul 55
- On the Soul 56
- On the Soul 57
- On the Soul 58
Salvation in Christ32 passages
- Against Marcion 1.17
- Against Marcion 1.24
- Against Marcion 3.3
- Against Marcion 3.6
- Against Marcion 3.7
- Against Marcion 3.8
- Against Marcion 3.9
- Against Marcion 3.10
- Against Marcion 3.11
- Against Marcion 3.12
- Against Marcion 3.13
- Against Marcion 3.14
- Against Marcion 3.15
- Against Marcion 3.16
- Against Marcion 3.19
- Against Marcion 3.20
- Against Marcion 3.21
- Against Marcion 4.7
- Against Marcion 4.8
- Against Marcion 4.10
- Against Marcion 4.19
- Against Marcion 4.20
- Against Marcion 4.32
- Against Marcion 4.37
- Against Marcion 4.43
- Against Marcion 5.4
- Against Marcion 5.6
- Against Marcion 5.12
- Against Marcion 5.13
- Against Marcion 5.14
- Against Marcion 5.15
- On the Soul 17
Scripture and Inspiration2 passages
Sin and Death10 passages
Spirit Who Sanctifies8 passages
Spirit and Baptism24 passages
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 1
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 2
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 3
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 4
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 5
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 6
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 7
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 8
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 9
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 10
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 11
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 12
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 13
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 14
- Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 15
- On Baptism 3
- On Baptism 4
- On Baptism 5
- On Baptism 8
- On Baptism 9
- On Baptism 10
- On Baptism 12
- On Baptism 13
- On Repentance 6
Spirit and Prophecy20 passages
Spiritual Gifts and Church Order2 passages
The Apostles Sent Out3 passages
The Law and the Gospel14 passages
The Thousand-Year Reign5 passages
True Worship29 passages
- Against Marcion 1.2
- Against Marcion 1.3
- Against Marcion 1.4
- Against Marcion 1.5
- Against Marcion 1.6
- Against Marcion 1.7
- Against Marcion 1.8
- Against Marcion 1.9
- Against Marcion 1.10
- Against Marcion 1.11
- Against Marcion 1.12
- Against Marcion 1.13
- Against Marcion 1.14
- Against Marcion 1.16
- Against Marcion 1.18
- Against Marcion 2.1
- Against Marcion 2.2
- Against Marcion 2.12
- Against Marcion 2.16
- Against Marcion 2.22
- Against Marcion 2.24
- Against Marcion 2.26
- Against Marcion 2.28
- Against Marcion 4.25
- Against Marcion 4.26
- Against Marcion 4.27
- Against Marcion 4.33
- Against Marcion 4.36
- On the Soul 46
Wealth and Alms10 passages
Where the Dead Wait12 passages
- A Treatise on the Soul 6
- A Treatise on the Soul 7
- A Treatise on the Soul 55
- A Treatise on the Soul 56
- A Treatise on the Soul 57
- A Treatise on the Soul 58
- Against Marcion 10
- Against Marcion 34
- An Answer to the Jews 2
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 7
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 8
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh 17