1. Born in Carthage ca 150-155
2. Studied law
3. Converted to Christianity ca. 190-95
4. Broke with the Catholic Church ca 207 in favor of the asceticism of the Montanists
5. Father of Latin theology and wrote in Latin
6. Left Montanists and found a sect of his own
7. Cheif polemical work was Against marcion in five books written over a period of 12 years from 200-212
8. died ca. 223

Derived from Gospel Parallels, Ed. Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr., 1979, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville