Tertullian Against Praxeas Pdf, In Tertullian’s time, Valentinus had given the term a material signification.

Tertullian Against Praxeas Pdf, ON TERTULLIAN'S LIFE AND WORKS OF Tertullian, as of many another who has rendered pre-eminent service to humanity, almost nothing is known. Tertullian's pivotal treatise defending the doctrine of the Trinity against the modalist heresy of Praxeas, who taught that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are merely different modes of one divine person. 230; Souter, Alexander, 1873-1949 Publication date 1920 Topics Trinity -- Early works to 1800 Publisher London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York, Macmillan Collection cdl; americana Contributor University of California Libraries Language English Item Size 303. Beep ACE By common consent the Against Praxeas of Tertullian is one of its author’s most important works, Like many other writings which have sprung out of controversy, it possesses a positive and historic significance also, as the earliest sur- viving formal statement of the doctrine of the Trinity. PREFACE BY common consent the Against Praxeas of Tertullian is one of its author's most important works. 213 AD) is one of the most consequential theological texts of the pre-Nicene period. Tertullian (160-240), Against Praxeas In the course of time [the heretics say], then, the Father forsooth was born, and the Father suffered, God Himself, the Lord Almighty, whom in their preaching they declare to be Jesus Christ. It is true that the argument, at least so far as it is based on passages from the Greek version Tertullian was an early Christian theologian who lived between 150-220 AD and coined the term "Trinity". Tertullian, therefore, has to apologize for using it, when writing against Praxeas, the forerunner of the Sabellians” (Newman’s Arians, ii. In his work "Against Praxeas", he advances the doctrine of the Trinity in the following ways: 1) He teaches that there is one God who exists in three distinct persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. fq4w, cm7zrhg, wbu, rmlrg, dux5, wfkic, 6l8zdun, zh1j, dm, dqh1,