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Century: 3rd

Eschatology
Tertullian argues the human soul is derived from the parents along with the body — traducianism
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Eschatology
Origen teaches that the resurrection body will be spiritual but identical in substance with the earthly body
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The Priesthood
The Didascalia Apostolorum teaches that widows must not baptise or teach men — only care for women
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The Sacraments
Tertullian is the first to use the word sacramentum to describe Christian rites
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The Eucharist
Cyprian teaches that the cup must be mixed with water and wine at the Eucharist
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The Sacraments
Infants are to be baptised because they need the regeneration that baptism provides
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The Eucharist
Fasting before receiving the Eucharist is an ancient Christian practice
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The Sacraments
The anointingof the sick with oil and prayer by the elders of the Church is an apostolic practice for healing
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Ecclesiology
Tertullian coins the term trinitas to describe God as one substance in three persons
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Ecclesiology
Monarchianism — the view that Christ is merely a mode of the Father — is a deviation from apostolic teaching
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