There have been many works attributed to [[Tertullian]] in the past which have since been determined to be almost definitely written by others. Nonetheless, since their actual authors remain uncertain, they continue to be published together in collections of Tertullian's works. The unknown authors of these works are usually called '''Pseudo-Tertullian''' by scholars. Such works include
*''Adversus omnes haereses'', presented as an appendix to the work ''De praescriptione haereticorum'' of Tertullian. It lists 32 [[heresies]]. There is consensus that this work is not by Tertullian himself.<ref>Reinhard Pummer, ''Early Christian Authors on Samaritans and Samaritanism'' (2002), p. 32.</ref> A traditional theory is that the work is a Latin translation of a Greek original, a lost work ''Syntagma'' written by [[Hippolytus of Rome]] around 220. Recent scholarship, agreeing with a theory of [[Richard Adelbert Lipsius]], suggests that the ''Syntagma'' was also the common source for [[Philastrius]] and the ''[[Panarion]]'' of [[Epiphanius of Salamis|Epiphanius]].<ref>[[Roel van den Broek|R. van den Broek]], Cis van Heertum, ''From Poimandres to Jacob Böhme: Gnosis, Hermetism and the Christian Tradition'' (2000), p. 262.</ref> ''Adversus omnes haereses'' may have been written by [[Victorinus of Pettau]].<ref name=CE>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09645c.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Marcionites]</ref> * ''De execrandis gentium diis'' (On the Execrable Gods of the Heathens) * ''Carmen adversus Marcionem'' (Poem against Marcion), possibly by [[Commodian]]. The ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' describes it as "[[doggerel]] [[hexameter]]s".<ref name=CE/> * ''Carmen de Iona propheta'' (Poem about the Prophet Jonah), possibly by [[Cyprianus Gallus]] * ''Carmen de Sodoma'' (Poem about Sodom), possibly by [[Cyprianus Gallus]] * ''Carmen de Genesi'' (Poem about Genesis) * ''Carmen de judicio Domini'' (Poem about the Judgment of the Lord) * ''Passio sanctae Perpetuae et Felicitatis'' (Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity), much of it presented as the personal diary of [[Perpetua]], was once assumed to have been edited by Tertullian. That view is no longer widely held, and the work is usually published separately from Tertullian's own works.
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==External links== *[http://www.tertullian.org/works_spurious.htm tertullian.org on ''Spurious Works'']
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