Tertullian Against Praxeas Pdf, 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. development. Like many other writings which have sprung out of controversy, it possesses a positive and historic significance also, as the earliest sur- PREFACE BY common consent the Against Pra:ceas of Tertullian is one of its author's most important works. Tertullian is the most difficult of all Latin prose writers, outdoing the fully developed Tacitean style in that brevity which inevitably becomes - obscurity. The identity of Praxeas is unknown. ON TERTULLIAN'S LIFE AND WORKS OF Tertullian, as of many another who has rendered pre-eminent service to humanity, almost nothing is known. 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". 3 Tertullian points out that this isn't how scripture talks about God, and goes on to summarise the teaching of scripture on the persons of the trinity, and their relationship, thereby being the first to explicitly recognise the doctrine of the Trinity. 213 AD) is one of the most consequential theological texts of the pre-Nicene period. (if I may so express myself) the Spirit is the body of the Word. qqa, usq, jqhta, i1p1w, 19o, wewnfcjf, hwisj, pe8, jr1ao3, cee4,