Tertullian · Apologetic, doctrinal, and practical treatises · c. 197–220
A large and varied body of early Latin Christian writing which defends believers before Roman society, answers pagan and doctrinal opponents, develops arguments about God and Christ, and presses Christians towards serious holy living.
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…e air". He describes what Christ prepared for His people as "this ascension into heaven" (Against Marcion, V.15). In On the Resurrection of the Flesh (41-42), he distinguishes the dead who rise from believers found alive in the flesh. The latter are transformed, put on immortalit…
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…meet the Lord in the air" and described their destination as an "ascension into heaven" (Against Marcion, V.15). In On the Resurrection of the Flesh (41-42), he distinguished believers raised from death from those found alive in the flesh. The living undergo transformation, put…
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…logical argument also hardened at times into collective accusation and degrading rhetoric against Jewish people. Other evidence complicates the story. Writers who spiritualised Israel's promises could still expect a future Jewish conversion. Some anticipated a rebuilt Jewish temp…
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