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Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, anglicised as Tertullian ( c. 160 – c. 225 AD ), was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa.

He is the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature.

He also was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy.

Tertullian has been called " the father of Latin Christianity " and " the founder of Western theology.