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tertullian

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Ter⋅tul⋅li⋅an

  [ter-tuhl-ee-uhn, -tuhl-yuhn]
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–noun
(Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) a.d. c160–c230, Carthaginian theologian.
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Ter·tul·lian   (tər-tŭl'yən, -tŭl'ē-ən)   
Carthaginian theologian who converted to Christianity (c. 193), broke with the Catholic Church (c. 207), and formed his own schismatic sect. His writings greatly influenced Western theology.
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