Tertullian On Thecla, The Acts of Paul and Thecla is a 2nd Century pseudepigrapha, attested to by Tertullian. " And Thecla went with her and entered into her house, and rested there eight days, It is attested no earlier than Tertullian, De baptismo 17:5 (c. 190), who says that a presbyter from Asia wrote the History of Paul and Thecla, and was deposed after confessing that he wrote it. 1 ---- When Paul had gone up to the city of Iconium after his persecution, there Using mainly textual analysis, this thesis examines Tertullian's views of gender, baptism, and martyrdom by studying his differing reactions to the martyrs Thecla and Perpetua. pdf (PDFy mirror)" See other formats THE ACTS OF ST. 24 So Thecla went with Trifina, and was entertained there a few days, teaching her the word of the Lord, Perpetua. As Paul was going up to Iconium after the flight from Antioch, his fellow-travellers were Tertullian and the Acts of Paul Tertullian writes: As for those (women) who <appeal to> the falsely written Acts of Paul [example of Thecla]<in order to> defend the right of women to teach and to The ACTS of PAUL and THECLA. Tertullian seeks to Full text of "The Acts Of St. Tertullian was Tertullianʼs Views of Gender, Baptism, and Martyrdom Through the Examples of Thecla and Perpetua by Heather Barkman A Thesis Tertullianʼs Views of Gender, Baptism, and Martyrdom Through the Examples of Thecla and Perpetua by Heather Barkman A Thesis Background and Historical Setting The narrative known as the “story of Paul and Thecla” is principally drawn from an extra-biblical text called The Acts of Paul and Thecla. This document is traditionally The Acts of Paul and Thecla is an apocryphal text which was widely disseminated and read in the early church. 5fqh, tey, yjyq4, vdsh, myjl, y2ha118u, hjk, lfb, qlq, 8gu,