(L. name Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) 160?-230?; Rom. church father, born in Carthage
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(tər-tŭlˈyən, -tŭlˈē-ən) A.D. 160?-230?
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.