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Disciplinary, Moral, and Ascetical Works (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)

By Tertullian

Book information

Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780813215662, 0813215668
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22154342 bytes)
Pages
\324
Time added
2023-12-11 12:50:37

Description

This volume contains seven works of the zealously ascetical Christian writer of third-century Carthage, Tertullian. The first five works, composed during his Catholic period, offer detailed, strict instruction on Christian conduct, demeanor, and dress, as well as exhortations to persevere. Participation in the pagan entertainments of Roman society is ruled out. The final two essays in the volume are products of Tertullian's Montanist years, that is, his final phase. In them he rejects absolutely any possibility of Christians in public service, whether military or civil, as well as any attempt to escape from persecutors.

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