Tertullian
noun
1.
(Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) a.d. c160–c230, Carthaginian theologian.
noun
1.
Latin name Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus. ?160–?220 ad, Carthaginian Christian theologian, who wrote in Latin rather than Greek and originated much of Christian terminology
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