Obras escogidas de Tertuliano: Apología contra gentiles. Exhortación a los Mártires. Virtud de la Paciencia. La oración cristiana. La respuesta a los Judios.

El presente volumen presenta las cuatro obras que se consideran básicas en su producción literaria:

1. Apología contra los gentiles en la que defiende la fe cristiana contra las calumnias de los paganos que acusaban a los creyentes de la Iglesia Primitiva de rendir «culto a un asno».
2. Exhortación a los mártires, un mensaje de consuelo a los presos destinados a morir en el circo romano, y que contiene una de sus frases más famosas: «La sangre de los mártires es la semilla de la Iglesia».
3. La virtud de la paciencia, una serie de reflexiones intersantes que muestran la paciencia infinita de Dios con los pecadores y nuestra obligación como cristianos de actuar de la misma manera con nuestros semejantes.
4. La oración cristiana, uno de los estudios académicos más completos sobre la oración que se hayan escrito a lo largo de la historia de la Iglesia.

This work contains the four most foundational works by Tertulian.

This volume brings to you the four works considered basic in his literary production:

1. Apology against the Gentiles, in which he defends the Christian faith against the pagan slander, who accused the Early Church believers of “worshiping an ass.”
2. Exhortation of the Martyrs, an encouraging message to the prisoners sentenced to die in the Roman circus, and that contains one of his most famous sayings: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”
3. The Virtue of Patience, a series of interesting reflections, showing the infinite patience of God toward sinners, and our obligation, as Christians, to act in the same way with our neighbors.
4. The Christian Prayer, one of the most complete scholar studies about prayer, ever written in all of the Church history.

SPANISH EDITION: This volume brings to you the four works considered basic in his literary production:

1. Apology against the Gentiles, in which he defends the Christian faith against the pagan slander, who accused the Early Church believers of “worshiping an ass.”
2. Exhortation of the Martyrs, an encouraging message to the prisoners sentenced to die in the Roman circus, and that contains one of his most famous sayings: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.”
3. The Virtue of Patience, a series of interesting reflections, showing the infinite patience of God toward sinners, and our obligation, as Christians, to act in the same way with our neighbors.
4. The Christian Prayer, one of the most complete scholar studies about prayer, ever written in all of the Church history.