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Hermogenes was still living when Carthage's native son took up his pen to oppose him, but that did not make Tertullian's polemic more considerate, or his satire less passionate and biting. Hermogenes taught a form of materialism. Tertullian brilliantly convicts him of contradiction... Read Full Overview

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""Against Hermogenes"" is a theological treatise written by Tertullian, a prominent early Christian writer and theologian, in the late 2nd century AD. The book is a response to the teachings of Hermogenes, a heretical teacher who denied the traditional Christian belief in the... Read Full Overview

Against Hermogenes is a book written by Tertullian, a prominent early Christian writer and theologian. The book is a polemic against the teachings of Hermogenes, a second-century Gnostic theologian who denied the doctrine of creation ex nihilo and claimed that matter was eternal... Read Full Overview

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Against Hermogenes is a theological treatise written by Tertullian, a prominent Christian theologian of the 2nd century AD. The book is a refutation of the teachings of Hermogenes, a contemporary of Tertullian who espoused a form of Gnostic theology. Tertullian argues against... Read Full Overview