Date
Apologeticus, his most famous apologetic work, was written in Carthage in the summer or autumn of 197 AD, during the reign of Septimius Severus . Using this date, most scholars agree that Tertullian’s conversion to Christianity occurred sometime before 197 C.E, possibly around 195 C.E. It was written before the edict of Septimius Severus (202 C.E.), and consequently, the laws to which Tertullian took exception were those under which the Christians of the 1st and 2nd centuries had been convicted.
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