Tertullian and the Gnostic Heresy (2)

Rev. Terpstra is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Pella, Iowa. In our first article we began to treat the subject of the church father Tertullian (circa A.D. 160-220) and the heresy over against which he was called to defend the orthodox faith, namely, Gnosticism (you may want to go back to that article and refresh your memory). Tertullian certainly was not the only church father to battle this heresy. Irenaeus and Hippolytus were also on the forefront against the Gnostics. But we...