Tertullian

North African lawyer and the first great Latin theologian.

c. AD 155–220 Latin West The third century 47 works Wikipedia

Writings

English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.

A Treatise on the Soul Older English 3.5 h read
Against Hermogenes Older English 88 min read
Against Praxeas Older English 1.9 h read
Against the Valentinians Older English 54 min read
An Answer to the Jews Older English 79 min read
Of Patience Older English 35 min read
On Baptism Older English 33 min read
On Exhortation to Chastity Older English 31 min read
On Fasting Older English 46 min read
On Flight in Persecution Older English 41 min read
On Idolatry Older English 51 min read
On Modesty Older English 1.8 h read
On Monogamy Older English 54 min read
On Prayer Older English 33 min read
On Repentance Older English 32 min read
On the Apparel of Women Older English 41 min read
On the Flesh of Christ Older English 78 min read
On the Pallium Older English 28 min read
On the Resurrection of the Flesh Older English 3.1 h read
On the Veiling of Virgins Older English 43 min read
Scorpiace Older English 62 min read
The Apology Older English 2.6 h read
The Chaplet, or De Corona Older English 40 min read
The Five Books Against Marcion Older English 11.3 h read
The Prescription Against Heretics Older English 68 min read
The Shows, or De Spectaculis Older English 49 min read
The Soul's Testimony Older English 17 min read
To His Wife Older English 33 min read
To Scapula Older English 11 min read
To the Martyrs Older English 11 min read
To The Nations Older English 2.2 h read

Original-language texts

The Latin and Greek texts as edited and digitised by the Open Greek and Latin project (CC BY-SA 4.0): one column, with the standard references, and plain-text and TEI XML downloads for scholars. They have been corrected from print by machine and may still contain errors.

Ad Nationes Libri Duo (Latin) Latin 69 min read
Adversus Hermogenem (Latin) Latin 51 min read
Adversus Marcionem (Latin) Latin 6.3 h read
Adversus Praxean (Latin) Latin 66 min read
Adversus Valentinianos (Latin) Latin 29 min read
De Anima (Latin) Latin 1.8 h read
De Baptismo (Latin) Latin 20 min read
De idololatria (Latin) Latin 31 min read
De Ieiunio Adversus Psychicos (Latin) Latin 27 min read
De Oratione (Latin) Latin 20 min read
De Patientia (Latin) Latin 21 min read
De Pudicitia (Latin) Latin 61 min read
De Carnis Resurrectione (Latin) Latin 1.7 h read
De Spectaculis (Latin) Latin 29 min read
De Testimonio Animae (Latin) Latin 10 min read
Scorpiace (Latin) Latin 37 min read

Most translations are the older ones in the public domain (mostly the nineteenth-century Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers); a few are modern translations shared under an open licence, with the translators credited on the work’s page. Square brackets and any Greek or Latin words are as the source prints them.