Tertullian of Carthage
Church father · died after 220
A Christian of Carthage in North Africa, the first great writer of the church in Latin, between about 197 and 220. His treatises defend the faith against pagans and heretics; On Baptism, written about 200, is the oldest book on the subject.
Quoted For
- John 5:3–4 “waiting for the moving of the water …”
The church fathers are the early Christian writers. Their quotations show which reading was known, where, and when, often earlier than any manuscript of the passage that survives.
