books.google.com - Tertullian was the first Western Christian to write theology, defending Christians against the hostility of the Roman state, as well as arguing against Marcion, Praxeas and theosophical fantasy. A complex thinker, Tertullian has, in the modern era, been rejected by both liberal Christianity and its secular...http://books.google.com/books/about/Tertullian_First_Theologian_of_the_West.html?id=ZW7O0D9E4xQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareTertullian, First Theologian of the West
