Tertullian - Against Praxeas
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In this book, Tertullian Defends, in all Essential Points, the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity, stating that Praxeas’ beliefs are heresy:“In various ways has the devil rivalled and resisted the truth. Sometimes his aim has been to destroy the truth by defending it. He maintains that there is one only Lord, the Almighty Creator of the world, in order that out of this doctrine of the unity he may fabricate a heresy.”Praxeas was a Monarchian from Asia Minor. He believed in the unity of the Godhead and vehemently disagreed with any attempt at division of the personalities or personages of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the Christian Church.Read more
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Episodes (35)
Introductory Note .
Chapter I . — Satan’s Wiles Against the Truth . How They Take the Form of the Praxean Heresy . Account of the Publication of This Heresy .
Chapter II . — The Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity and Unity , Sometimes Called the Divine Economy , or Dispensation of the Personal Relations of the Godhead .
Chapter III . — Sundry Popular Fears and Prejudices . The Doctrine of the Trinity in Unity Rescued from These Misapprehensions .
Chapter IV . — The Unity of the Godhead and the Supremacy and Sole Government of the Divine Being . The Monarchy Not at All Impaired by the Catholic Doctrine .
Chapter V . — The Evolution of the Son or Word of God from the Father by a Divine Procession . Illustrated by the Operation of the Human Thought and Consciousness .
Chapter VII . — The Son by Being Designated Word and Wisdom , ( According to the Imperfection of Human Thought and Language ) Liable to Be Deemed a Mere Attribute . He is Shown to Be a Personal Being .
Chapter VIII . — Though the Son or Word of God Emanates from the Father , He is Not , Like the Emanations of Valentinus , Separable from the Father . Nor is the Holy Ghost Separable from Either . Illustrations from Nature .
Chapter IX . — The Catholic Rule of Faith Expounded in Some of Its Points . Especially in the Unconfused Distinction of the Several Persons of the Blessed Trinity .
Chapter X . — The Very Names of Father and Son Prove the Personal Distinction of the Two . They Cannot Possibly Be Identical , Nor is Their Identity Necessary to Preserve the Divine Monarchy .