HCT article is pending.
This period of persecution and internal divisions inspired apologetic and theological writing from several Christian intellectuals including:
https://www.academia.edu/43000215/SD%C3%9C_38_Justin_Martyr
https://www.academia.edu/91092264/Justin_teacher_philosopher_and_martyr
https://www.academia.edu/53248716/Justin_Martyr_His_Works_And_Influence
https://www.academia.edu/31573515/The_God_of_Justin_Martyr
https://www.academia.edu/40227008/The_Apology_of_St_Justin_Martyr
https://www.academia.edu/38359716/JUSTIN_MARTYR_c_100_165_
https://www.academia.edu/50804844/Texts_and_studies_on_Justin_Martyr_with_links_to_full_texts
https://www.academia.edu/31854380/ANF01_The_Apostolic_Fathers_with_Justin_Martyr_and_Irenaeus
https://www.academia.edu/31854380/ANF01_The_Apostolic_Fathers_with_Justin_Martyr_and_Irenaeus
https://www.academia.edu/36776336/Irenaeus_of_Lyons
https://www.academia.edu/91998776/Irenaeus_on_Divine_Ascent
https://www.academia.edu/35023148/Irenaeus_Christology_of_Mixture
https://www.academia.edu/35023147/Irenaeus_on_Creation
https://www.academia.edu/41913881/Epistemological_Authority_In_The_Polemic_Of_Irenaeus
https://www.academia.edu/91531483/More_Than_Initiation_Baptism_According_to_Origen_of_Alexandria
https://www.academia.edu/36021924/Tertullian_and_Origen_on_the_Trinity
https://www.academia.edu/24427435/The_significance_and_impact_of_Tertullian_on_the_early_Church
https://www.academia.edu/40213011/Tertullian
https://www.academia.edu/24427435/The_significance_and_impact_of_Tertullian_on_the_early_Church
https://www.academia.edu/533942/Critique_of_Tertullian_Apology
https://www.academia.edu/25664079/Trinitarian_Tension_in_Tertullian
https://www.academia.edu/71351627/Baptism_and_Original_Sin_according_to_Tertullian
https://www.academia.edu/38360454/Wilhite_Ancient_African_Christianity_An_Introduction_to_a_Unique_Context_and_Tradition_London_Routledge_Press_2017_108_35_Chapter_4_Tertullian_
https://www.academia.edu/95452266/Philosophy_and_Christianism_in_Alexandria_from_the_1st_century_A_D_to_the_6th_century_A_D_Conciliation_of_the_two_traditions
https://www.academia.edu/8209280/Cyprian_on_Apostasy_and_Unity
https://www.academia.edu/79909171/Tertullian_and_Cyprian
https://www.academia.edu/13676983/Tertullian_Cyprian_and_Augustine_Foundations_of_Western_Theology
https://www.academia.edu/4587443/Church_History_Outline
https://www.academia.edu/12513192/A_History_of_Early_Christian_Literature
https://www.academia.edu/93999380/Church_Fathers_From_Clement_of_Joseph_Ratzinger
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