“I Believe Because it is Absurd”: The Enlightenment Invention of Tertullian's Credo
Tertullian is widely regarded as having originated the expression Credo quia absurdum (est) (I believe because it is absurd) and the phrase often appears in contemporary polemics about the rationality of religious belief. Patristic scholars have long pointed out that Tertullian never said this or me...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Church history
Year: 2017, Volume: 86, Issue: 2, Pages: 339-364 |
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Tertullianus, Quintus Septimius Florens 150-230
/ Voltaire 1694-1778
/ Enlightenment
/ Religion
/ Irrationality
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history |
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