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This summary is about Tertullian's life, work, and influence. Tertullian lived in Roman Carthage during the reigns of Septimus Severus and his son Caracalla. He was a prolific writer, and his tracts and pamphlets reveal the atmosphere of early Christianity in an era of persecution. Tertullian uses his writings to interpret Tertullian's intellectial development, his reaction to the society in which he lived, and his place in Latin literature.
Tertullian lived and wrote in Roman Carthage during the reigns of Septimus Severus (193-211) and his son Caracalla (211-217). His voluminous tracts and pamphlets reveal the atmosphere of early Christianity in an era of persecution. The author sets Tertullian's writings within a chronological and historical framework, then uses them to interpret Tertullian's intellectial development, his reaction to the society in which he lived, and his place in Latin literature.
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