The early expression and dissemination of Christian beliefs through the medium of Latin, as distinct from Greek, up to the middle of the third century AD; the Latin vernacular of the period and the gradual development of a specifically Christian vocabulary, if any; early Latin Biblical translations; the first extant major Christians writers in Latin, particularly Tertullian and Cyprian; the later reception and scholarship related to this period, especially the work of the Nijmegen School in the early part of the 20th century: reception and scholarship up to the present.