It was used primarily as a vehicle for teaching religion and was generally presented in Latin, the language of the Christian Church which had considerable influence in Italy at that time.
它主要用作宗教教学的工具，通常用拉丁语表达，也就是当时在意大利影响相当大的基督教会语言。
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Tertullian is a church father who wrote around the year 200 in Latin.
特土良是一位教会神父，在200年前后用拉丁文写作。
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Walking home from a debate, I remember saying to some college student "Ireland cannot put from her the habits learned from her old military civilization and from a church that prays in Latin."