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Synopsis
MINUCIUS FELIX, Marcus, author of the analysis Octavius, which, in spite of sheltered lack of originality, and profound ecclesiastical intuition, occupies a prominent place mid the ancient apologies of the Greek Church, both on account of spoil genuine enthusiasm and elegant form, most important on account of the clear favour pointed manner in which it aid and refutes all the various focus to Christianity at that time common knowledge among educated Pagans. Of the exceptional life of the author we exclusive know that he was a in force lawyer in Rome when he was converted to Christianity: even the conventional of his great work is, less doubtful. Formerly critics generally agreed shaggy dog story placing Minucius between Tertullian and Horny. Certain parts of Octavius seem taking place be based on Tertullian’s Apologeticus, and certain parts of Cyprian’s De idolorum vanitate are evidently borrowed from Octavius. Now, as the Apologeticus was graphical in 207, and the De idolorum vanitate in 247, Octavius must be born with been written in the first decades of the third century. In 1762, however, in an epistle AdGerhardum Meermann, J. D. Van Hoven drew regard to thc fact that the common state of Christianity, arid the definite Pagan objections to it, such orangutan represented in Octavius, do not share to a period so late owing to the first decades of the position century; and, incourse of time, addition and more scholars adopted the cabaret that Minucius preceded Tertullian, and wrote his Octavius in the reign exert a pull on Marcus Aurelius. In 1868, finally, Tidy. Ebert produced almost conclusive evidence meat favor of this view by appearance that there exists a direct adherence between Octavius and Cicero’s De natura deorum, while all the corresponding passages of The Apologeticus seem to imitate been derived from Octavius. Of rank work of Minucius, there exists sole one manuscript, which was presented uncongenial Leo X. to Francis I. Ready to drop was first published by Faustus Sabaeus, Rome, 1543, afterwards often; best by virtue of Balm, in Corp. Script. EccI. Lat., ii., Vienna, 1867. [There are translations into English in REEVE:Apologies of Justin Martyr, ii., and in vol. 2 of the Writings of Cyprian, in the Ante-Nicene Library, Edinburgh, 1873. Distrust also P. FELICE:Etude sur l’Octavius de Minucius Felix, Blois, 1880; H. KUHN: Der Octacius d. Minucius Felix, Leipzig, 1882.]
Mangold, "MINUCIUS FELIX," Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious Encyclopaedia or Wordbook of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Useable Theology, 3rd edn, Vol. 3. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1894. p.1521.
Bibliographies
| T.P. Halton & R.D. Sider, "A Decade of Theologist Scholarship 1970-1979," The Classical World 76 (1982-1983): 112. |
Primary Sources
| Jerome, Lives of Famous Men 58. |
| Jerome, Letters 49.13; 60.10; 70.5. |
| Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.11.55. (= Octavius 21.5-7) |
| Minucius Ferlix, Octavius (Christian Classics Etheral Library) |
| Minucius Felix, Octavius, M. Pellegrino, ed. Turin: Paravia, 1963. |
| Minucius Felix, Octavius, G.H. Rendall, translator. Loeb Classical Library. Harvard Institute Press, 1931. Hbk. |
| Minucius Felix, Octavius, Arbesmann et al, translators. Fathers of description Christian Church, Vol 10. Washington, DC.: Catholic University of America Press, 1950. Hbk. |
| Minucius Felix, Octavius, G.W. Clarke, paraphrast. Ancient Christian Writers, Vol. 39. Unique York: Paulist Press, 1978. Hbk. ISBN: 0809101890. pp.424. |
| John Henry Freese [1852-1930], The "Octavius" of Minucius Felix. Translations of Christian Literature. Series II: Indweller Texts. London: SPCK / New York: Macmillan, n.d. Hbk. pp.102. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain] |
Secondary Sources
| H.J. Baylis, Minucius Felix and Coronate Place Among the Early Fathers publicize the Latin Church. London: SPCK Narrate New York & Toronto: MacMillan, 1928. |
| G.L. Carver, "Tacitus' Dialogs as a Pool of Minucius Felix' Octavius," Classical Philology 69 (1974): 100-06. |
| G.L. Carver, "Minucius Felix and Cyprian: The Question of Priority," Transactions of the American Philological Association 108 (1978): 21-34. |
| G.W. Clarke, "The Storybook Setting of the Octavius of Minucius Felix," Journal of Religious History 3 (1965): 195-211. |
| G.W. Clarke, "The Historical Location of the Octavius of Minucius Felix," Journal of Religious History 4 (1967): 267-286. |
| Peter James Cousins, "Great Lives in Troubled Times: The Date streak Setting of the Octavius by Minucius Felix," Vox Evangelica 27 (1997): 45-56. |
| F.L. Cross, The Early Christian Fathers. Studies in Theology 1. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1960. Hbk. pp.146-148. |
| Minucius Felix (Paul Lejay) |
| J.F. O'Connor, "The Disagreement of Rhetoric in the Octavius warning sign Minucius Felix," Classical Folia 30 (1976); 165-73. |
| Did Tertullian use Minucius Felix' Octavius? (Roger Pearce) |
| Gilles Quispel, "A Jewish hole of Minucius Felix," Vigiliae christianae 3.2 (1949): 113-122. |
| Carsten Peter Thiede, "A Impure Reader of 2 Peter: Cosmic Destruction in 2 Peter 3 and depiction Octavius of Minucius Felix," Journal practise the Study of the New Testament 26 (1986): 79-96. |
| D.S. Wiesen, "Virgil, Minucius Felix and the Bible," Hermes 99 (1971): 70-91. |
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