On the Flesh of Christ

De carne Christi

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About this work

Author: Tertullian
Attribution: authentic · Undisputed work of Tertullian, transmitted under his name.
Older English translation: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 3 (1885) (public domain, at CCEL; for comparison: our translation is made from the original first and checked against it afterwards)
Date: ca. 206–211 (approximate)
Written at: Carthage, Africa Proconsularis (North Africa) (probable)
Language: Latin
Genre: treatise
Reference system: chapter (Oehler); the section numbers of modern editions are not yet divided
SBL abbreviation: Carn. Chr.
Text from: Franz Oehler, ed., Quinti Septimii Florentis Tertulliani quae supersunt omnia, vol. 2 (Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, 1854), 425–464 (Printed edition in the public domain; digital text CC BY-SA 4.0)
Critical editions: Tertulliani Opera, Pars 2: Opera montanistica, CCSL 2 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1954) (cited, not reproduced)
CTS URN: urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0275.stoa012