Against All Heresies (Appendix)

Tertullian of Carthage · c. 217 AD

Ante-Nicene Fathers (Roberts–Donaldson), Roberts, Donaldson, and Coxe (eds.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing, 1885–1887; digitized by CCEL.

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; the first great Latin Christian writer. A North African of Carthage, trained in rhetoric and law; coined much of the Latin theological vocabulary the West later inherited (Trinitas, persona, substantia). His pre-Montanist works are widely cited and respected; his later embrace of the New Prophecy (Montanism) places him outside the catalogue of formally venerated saints, though he is treated honourably as a witness and theologian.

Contents

1. Earliest Heretics:  Simon Magus, Menander, Saturninus, Basilides, Nicolaus.
2. Ophites, Cainites, Sethites.
3. Carpocrates, Cerinthus, Ebion.
4. Valentinus, Ptolemy and Secundus, Heracleon.
5. Marcus and Colarbasus.
6. Cerdo, Marcion, Lucan, Apelles.
7. Tatian, Cataphrygians, Cataproclans, Catæschinetans.
8. Blastus, Two Theodoti, Praxeas.