No one knows whether the octavius is fiction or nonfiction. The octavius of minucius felix chapter 1 155888 antenicene fathers vol. Na obra octavius, encontramos tres personagens oriundos da africa. Either way, minucius felix, an otherwise unknown christian from the 2nd or early 3rd century, ably defends christianity against roman arguments, superstition, and rumors. Polytheism,initscosmopolitandevelop ments,passedsentenceonitself. Minucio felice recato in lingua italiana e con opportune annotazioni illustrato da d.
Adolf ebert in his paper, tertullians verhaltniss zu minucius felix, leipzig, 1868. You will be redirected to the full text document in the repository in a few seconds, if not click here. The author marcus minucius felix plays the role of referee and observer. The octavius of minucius felix this file has been downloaded from. Kodi archive and support file vintage software community software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library. The octavius of minucius felix paperback february 22, 2016 by minucius felix author 4. Software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd. Iv, minucius felix the octavius of minucius felix minucius felix robert ernest wallis. Councils of the church, from the original documents. Antenicene fathersvolume ivminucius felixthe octavius. This is one of the earliest latin texts to talk about christianity, and describe how the new religion fit in the wider social context of the roman world. Felix, em suas obras apolageticas, condenaram esse culto e sobretudo o seu ritual. Liinuciusfelix,marcusofthedialogue,isfirstmentioned bylactantiusinstit.
Of the literary character of the dialogue, it is sufficient to quote the testimony of the late dean milman. Nothing is known of his personal history, and even the date at which he wrote can be only approximately ascertained as between ad 150 and 270. The octavius of minucius felix by minucius felix, marcus. Octavius attempts to give the reasons he has for his own beliefs and answer caecilius critiques. Marcus minucius felix was one of the earliest of the latin apologists for christianity. The octavius of marcus minucius felix by minucius felix, marcus. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link. Initsattempted amalgamationofdeities,syncretism,sofarfromre conciling. O culto a cibele em tertuliano e minucio felix mello classica. He is now exclusively known by his octavius, a dialogue on christianity between the. Perhaps no late work, either pagan or christian, reminds us of the golden days of latin prose so much as the octavius of minucius felix. Relevant portals payperview related texts online forums teaching files media reports web search. Octavius by marcus minucius felix sol i c i t o r a philosophical dialogue qve bec by samizdat year of our lord, mmxvii.