The Prescription Against Heretics
Tertullian
Chapter 1
About this work
Tertullian argues that apostolic churches possess the proper claim to interpret Christian Scripture and that rival teachers should not be granted equal standing in debates over the inherited rule of faith.
- Author
- Tertullian
- Date
- c. AD 200–210
- Origin
- Carthage, North Africa
- Genre
- Heresiology
I.
The Prescription Against Heretics.
[Translated by the Rev. Peter Holmes, D.D., F.R.A.S., Etc., Etc.]
Chapter I.—Introductory. Heresies Must Exist, and Even Abound; They are a Probation to Faith.
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