Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9736 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tertullian'stertullian

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 119 times in 75 works
Consistency: 73.9% (119 of 161)
Reach if approved: ~169 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 161 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (119 changes in 75 works, 73.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 119)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… D. 203. about the seventh of Severus. But this was so little a time before Tertullian'sTertullian Writing, that it could hardly be so well known in Africa, as to afford …
With rule
… D. 203. about the seventh of Severus. But this was so little a time before Tertullian'sTertullian Writing, that it could hardly be so well known in Africa, as to afford …
Edward Stillingfleet · The Antiquities of the British Churches · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Seminaries of all uncleanneſs, then ſhould we be ſtor'd with indulgences. But 'twas Tertullian'sTertullian of old, that there is no mercy from them to be expected, who have …
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… and Seminaries of all uncleanneſs, then ſhould we be ſtor'd with indulgences. But 'twas Tertullian'sTertullian of old, that there is no mercy from them to be expected, who have …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 614 · Open in the reader
Printed
Tertullian'sTertullian Description of them and many other passages in him prove it more fully. He …
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Tertullian'sTertullian Description of them and many other passages in him prove it more fully. He …
Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and such like. Now, what man of our Ministers, if he had been in Tertullian'sTertullian place would not have written of these Plays, as Tertullian did: yet what man …
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… and such like. Now, what man of our Ministers, if he had been in Tertullian'sTertullian place would not have written of these Plays, as Tertullian did: yet what man …
Sir Richard Baker · The Theater Vindicated · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… where he hath choſen to ſettle himſelf, in an unſenſibleneſs, an Inintelligibleneſs, (to uſe Tertullian'sTertullian word) of his own condition: And, Quid miſerior miſero non miſerante ſeipſum? Who can …
With rule
… where he hath choſen to ſettle himſelf, in an unſenſibleneſs, an Inintelligibleneſs, (to uſe Tertullian'sTertullian word) of his own condition: And, Quid miſerior miſero non miſerante ſeipſum? Who can …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But how will he, or any other prove that there were any Baptiſteries in Tertullian'sTertullian time, diſtinct from the places of their Aſſemblies. Hoſpinian that was well verſed in …
With rule
… But how will he, or any other prove that there were any Baptiſteries in Tertullian'sTertullian time, diſtinct from the places of their Aſſemblies. Hoſpinian that was well verſed in …
Joseph Hill · Dissertation Concerning the Antiquity of Churches · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
In the Former of these testimonies we have Tertullian'sTertullian authority for the applying of Ezekiel's Temple to the New Ierusalem: In the latter …
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In the Former of these testimonies we have Tertullian'sTertullian authority for the applying of Ezekiel's Temple to the New Ierusalem: In the latter …
Joseph Mede · Works · p. 618 · Open in the reader
Printed
… every Word which he mentions of that Author of our own, p. 2. and to Tertullian'sTertullian Rule; I am of the ſame Mind; there is nothing therein againſt my Argument …
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… every Word which he mentions of that Author of our own, p. 2. and to Tertullian'sTertullian Rule; I am of the ſame Mind; there is nothing therein againſt my Argument …
Samuel Petto · Infant Baptism Vindicated · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (42)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. 32 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A50522

Printed
And that it was the manner in Tertullian'sTertullian time adhibere Eucharistiam ad preces, may be further confirmed by the promiscuous use of …
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And that it was the manner in Tertullian'sTertullian time adhibere Eucharistiam ad preces, may be further confirmed by the promiscuous use of …
Joseph Mede · Works · p. 381 · Open in the reader
Printed
These two places shew, That in Tertullian'sTertullian time, as the name Sacrifice was used for the Eucharist, so was that of …
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These two places shew, That in Tertullian'sTertullian time, as the name Sacrifice was used for the Eucharist, so was that of …
Joseph Mede · Works · p. 383 · Open in the reader

Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity A61548

Printed
2. It's objected, That Tertullian'sTertullian Doctrine is inconsistent with the Doctrine of the Trinity; for he denies the eternal …
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2. It's objected, That Tertullian'sTertullian Doctrine is inconsistent with the Doctrine of the Trinity; for he denies the eternal …
Edward Stillingfleet · Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A63825

Printed
… and furtheſt off from the leaſt ſhew of it, but (that I may uſe Tertullian'sTertullian words) did impietatis ſecreta ſuperficialibus officiis abumbrare, and although they did drink and drab …
With rule
… and furtheſt off from the leaſt ſhew of it, but (that I may uſe Tertullian'sTertullian words) did impietatis ſecreta ſuperficialibus officiis abumbrare, and although they did drink and drab …
Anthony Tuckney · Forty Sermons · p. 191 · Open in the reader

Infant Baptism Asserted and Vindicated A66525

Printed
4. There are ſome errors or falſities in it. As Tertullian'sTertullian ſtanding up againſt. Infant-Baptiſm in the 3d Century; when he ſtood up no …
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4. There are ſome errors or falſities in it. As Tertullian'sTertullian ſtanding up againſt. Infant-Baptiſm in the 3d Century; when he ſtood up no …
Obadiah Wills · Infant Baptism Asserted and Vindicated · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
It is ſayd, That by Tertullian'sTertullian oppoſing it, it may ſeem that there were ſome that practiſed it in the …
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It is ſayd, That by Tertullian'sTertullian oppoſing it, it may ſeem that there were ſome that practiſed it in the …
Obadiah Wills · Infant Baptism Asserted and Vindicated · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
Reply 3. Tertullian'sTertullian Teſtimony in this caſe, is ſo far from being excellent, that it is contemptible …
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Reply 3. Tertullian'sTertullian Teſtimony in this caſe, is ſo far from being excellent, that it is contemptible …
Obadiah Wills · Infant Baptism Asserted and Vindicated · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
A ſecond Reaſon why Tertullian'sTertullian Teſtimony deſerves not to be ſtiled excellent, is this; becauſe his arguments are ſo …
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A ſecond Reaſon why Tertullian'sTertullian Teſtimony deſerves not to be ſtiled excellent, is this; becauſe his arguments are ſo …
Obadiah Wills · Infant Baptism Asserted and Vindicated · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had Faſted three days, they were Baptized. I ſhall add one Reaſon more of Tertullian'sTertullian againſt the Baptiſm of Infants, and it is inſerted between his fourth and fifth …
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… had Faſted three days, they were Baptized. I ſhall add one Reaſon more of Tertullian'sTertullian againſt the Baptiſm of Infants, and it is inſerted between his fourth and fifth …
Obadiah Wills · Infant Baptism Asserted and Vindicated · p. 42 · Open in the reader