{"product_id":"2940012982636","title":"On Prayer","description":"Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, commonly referred to as Tertullian (c. 160 – c. 220 AD), was raised in Carthage. He was thought to be the son of a Roman centurion, a trained lawyer, and an ordained priest. These assertions rely on the accounts of Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History,  and St. Jerome's De viris illustribus (On Famous Men), all of which are available from Charles River Editors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTertullian 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.\"Though conservative, he did originate and advance new theology to the early Church. He is perhaps most famous for being the oldest extant Latin writer to use the term Trinity (Latin trinitas),and giving the oldest extant formal exposition of a Trinitarian theology.[Other Latin formulations that first appear in his work are \"three Persons, one Substance\" as the Latin \"tres Personae, una Substantia\" . He wrote his trinitarian formula after becoming a Montanist; his ideas were at first rejected as heresy by the church at large, but later accepted as Christian orthodoxyScant reliable evidence exists to inform us about Tertullian's life. Most history about him comes from passing references in his own writings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the themes for which the writings of Tertullian may with profit be studied is the place of prayer in the life of the Church at that point. From the writings of some we might be tempted to conclude that little but formal liturgies could be found in the corporate worship of the early Church. There are more than 200 passages in which Tertullian discusses prayer. He uses in all about 70 different turns of phrase in relation to prayer. Study of the incidence of his terms will show that prayer is represented not only as a duty but also as a right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of Tertullian’s On Prayer is specially formatted with a Table of Contents.","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170480308464,"sku":"2940012982636","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012982636_p0.jpg?v=1763575267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012982636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}