What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Quid ergo Athenis et Hierosolymnis?

Tertullian

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Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

Author

Tertullian

Source

On the Prescription of Heretics

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Latin

Time

220 220s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Early Christian Theologian Christian Writer

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Tunisia Africa Roman Empire

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Citation

Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.

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