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Tertullian

Roman Christian theologian and writer (c. 155 – c. 220)

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Nov 11, 2025
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Historical Christian views on abortion in early church writings

Early Christian writings generally present in the sources examined, with foundational texts like the Didache and authors such as Tertullian, Athenagoras, and Clement of Alexandria framing abortion as ...

Nov 17, 2025
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When did the Catholic Church first establish the sacrament of confession (penance) in doctrine?

The Catholic Church teaches that the Sacrament of Penance (confession or reconciliation) was instituted by Jesus Christ and has been practiced in some form since the apostolic era; Trent and modern Ca...

Dec 19, 2025
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When and why did early Church Fathers identify Isaiah 14:12's 'helel/heshel' with Satan or Lucifer?

Early Christian interpreters began treating Isaiah 14:12's Hebrew phrase Helel ben Shachar ("shining one, son of the morning") as a portrait of a fallen angel chiefly because Greek and Latin translati...

Jan 14, 2026

How do historians evaluate the Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?

Historians treat Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as ancient, theologically driven biographies whose value for reconstructing the historical Jesus depends on methodical parsing of authorship, date, sourc...

Nov 20, 2025

When did early Christian writers equate Lucifer with the devil?

Early Christian writers began to link the Isaiah passage about the “morning star” (Hebrew helel, Latin lucifer) with the devil already in late antiquity: church fathers such as Origen, Tertullian and ...

Nov 10, 2025

What is the biblical basis for opposition to abortion in Christianity?

The biblical basis for Christian opposition to abortion rests on a combination of explicit legal texts, theological claims about divine creation and personhood, and consistent early Christian teaching...