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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 155 AD in Roman Africa, Tertullian produced the first extensive body of Latin Christian literature, earning him the label "father of Latin Christianity." He built new theological concepts and defended orthodoxy against Gnosticism and other movements he considered heresy. Some of his own ideas — like placing the Son and Spirit subordinate to the Father — were later rejected by the Church he helped define. He eventually joined the Montanist sect, though most scholars now doubt he was ever formally excommunicated. He died around 220, having shaped Western theology in a language that would carry it for centuries.