Terullian on disclosure from Romans 1
Tertullian
Tertullian the North African of Berber origin continued
on with the tradition. In fact, he taught Cyprian who then gave rise to the
great St Augustine another North African theologian.
Taken from;
“Tertullian (/tərˈtʌliən/; Latin: Quintus Septimius
Florens Tertullianus; c. 155 – c. 240? AD)[1] was a prolific early Christian
author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa.[2] Of Berber
origin,[3][4][5][6][7] he was the first Christian author to produce an
extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He was an early Christian
apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian
Gnosticism.[8] Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin
Christianity"[9][10] and "the founder of Western theology."[11]
Though conservative in his worldview, Tertullian
originated new theological concepts and advanced the development of early Church
doctrine. He is perhaps most famous for being the first writer in Latin known
to use the term trinity (Latin: trinitas).
Unlike many Church fathers, Tertullian was never
recognized as a saint by the Eastern or Western catholic tradition churches.
Several of his teachings on issues such as the clear subordination of the Son
and Spirit to the Father,[12][13] as well as his condemnation of remarriage for
widows and of fleeing from persecution, contradicted the doctrines of these
traditions.”
For how can
the intellect be superior to the senses, when it is these which educate it for
the discovery of various truths? It is a fact, that these truths are learned by
means of palpable forms; in other words, invisible things are discovered by the
help of visible ones, even as the apostle tells us in his epistle: "For
the invisible things of Him are clearly seen from the creation of the world,
being understood by the things that are made; "[144]
is guilty
both of impudence and malignity: of impudence, in aspiring after a belief which
is not due to him, and for which he has provided no foundation;[152]
); and He
had offenders in those wise and prudent ones who would not seek after God, although
He was to be discovered in His so many and mighty works,[993]
and
indications (of His divinity),[752]
They are,
however, His "invisible things," which, according to the apostle,
"are from the creation of the world clearly seen by the things that are
made;[476]
As can be
seen Tertullian wrote a lot in context of fighting heresies. A lot of these verses main function was to
show that the heretics turned their backs on the knowledge of God and in this
context the vestiges of God’s knowledge in creation. This is where I think Karl Barth was wrong
but then again then needed to be in theology a balancing act from this liberal
theology from below that went too low dislodging God from his primary place as
God.
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