Thank Tertullian of Carthage for his role in forming a distinctively western Christianity. He gave us words in our own language to express the inexpressible: words like Trinity and Sacrament. He also introduced the world to the idea of freedom of conscience. Our civilization rests on his ideas.

Links

Tertullian, Apology https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1662

Tertullian, To Scapula https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1682

More works by the Fathers https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/

Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com

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Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of http://www.ccwatershed.org.