After his conversion to nominal Christianity, Tertullian became an inventive writer with a flare for terse and witty statements. “ [He] possessed an ability rare among theologians, ” observes the book The Fathers of the Church.
तथाकथित ख्रिस्ती धर्मात धर्मांतर केल्यानंतर टर्टुलियन एक सर्जनशील लेखक बनला; त्याला संक्षिप्त, खटकेबाज वाक्ये बनवण्याचे कौशल्य प्राप्त झाले होते.