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Tertullian lived during the second and third century, and he helped the church refine its theology and defended it against pagan attack. He also helped articulate many of its central doctrines—in his writings we find the first usage of the word “Trinity” and the first mention of the Trinitarian formula—“three persons, one substance.” B. B. Warfield offers a biographical sketch of Tertullian’s...

AUGUSTINE1 1. LIFE.—Aurelius Augustine (the prænomen “Aurelius” is attested by contemporaries but does not occur in his own works or in his correspondence) was born of mixed heathen and Christian parentage November 13, 354 A.D., at Tagaste, a small municipality in proconsular Numidia. He was taught in his childhood the principles of Christianity, and great sacrifices were made to give him a liberal education. From his youth he was consumed by an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and was so inflamed
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