2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person ...

Tertullian during this period also commented on this difference. [JBC, p. 523] These comments and concerns would have been inappropriate, if the early Christians and Jews shared the same OT canon.

Influential figures such as Tertullian, Augustine, Jerome, and John Chrysostom explicitly taught that women were inferior, spiritually weak, inherently sinful, and closely connected to demonic ...

Tertullian, one of the early Church fathers of the second century coined the term, “the blood of the martyrs is seed for the church.” No doubt, anytime the church has faced persecution, she has always ...

Early Christians, including figures like Irenaeus and Tertullian, referred to this day as the “Pasch,” indicating its association with the Passover and Jesus’ sacrifice. Christians began observing ...