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8 Νοε 2024 · Tertullian (born c. 155/160, Carthage [now in Tunisia]—died after 220, Carthage) was an important early Christian theologian, polemicist, and moralist who, as the initiator of ecclesiastical Latin, was instrumental in shaping the vocabulary and thought of Western Christianity.
14 Νοε 2016 · The ancient Egyptians wrote about many magical spells they used to treat cancer-like illnesses, a few of which are described in papyri. Here’s one particularly gruesome remedy for what may have...
In his explanations of the Christian method of healing disease, Tertullian cited the power of Christ and its inseparability from God. An understanding of the true nature of this relationship, he claimed, provides the capacity to remove maladies afflicting the human body.
Karkinos was used for any nonhealing swelling or ulcerous formation, even hemorrhoids, whereas karkinoma was reserved for nonhealing “cancer.” 1 The physicians of antiquity generally used remedies and plasters for local treatment of tumors, as well as cauterization, which was used even by the Hippocratic physicians for treatment of cancer of the...
Cancer was traditionally treated with surgery, heat, or herbal (chemical) therapies. 2600 BC – Egyptian physician Imhotep diagnosed several types of tumour and therapies for them. According to the Ebers medical papyrus , hard tumours were treated by placing a poultice near the tumour, followed by local incision.
In this paper we will draw out how together both the concern for medicine and therapeutic language are producing a more holistic view of Tertullian’s own perception of the role of medico-religious concepts.
Tertullian (/ t ər ˈ t ʌ l i ə n /; Latin: Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; c. 155 – c. 220 AD [1]) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. [2] [3] He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary ...
