Appian Way Press

Writings of Tertullian, Volume Two: Anti-Heretical Writings

by Tertullian

This volume gathers Tertullian’s major anti-heretical works from the Ante-Nicene Fathers, presented in clear, contemporary English for today’s reader. These writings arise from a period when Christian doctrine had not yet been formally codified and the church was forced to define its faith through sustained conflict with rival teachers operating from within its own ranks. Modernized for today’s reader, these writings preserve Tertullian’s polemical edge while removing the barriers of archaic English. Together they reveal a Christianity learning to define itself from within, under the pressure of doctrinal fracture, philosophical challenge, and the ever-present cost of public faith.