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Repraesentatio In Classical Latin, Alan Watson
Repraesentatio In Classical Latin, Alan Watson
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The Romans knew well the twin concepts of representation and representatives in law suits and in the relationships between father and son, and owner and slave. But for these concepts they did not use the terms repraesentare or any cognate.
To Tertullian, it seems, goes the credit of first using repraesentare and repraesentator in their modern senses of <> and <>. That his context is theological probably should not surprise since he is, above all, a theologian.
Thus he uses repraesentare to mean that the one larger and more important may represent the many and less important. This usage had a …