Background
The exact date birth of Marcus Minucius Felix is unknown, he was born in Cirta (now Constantine), Algeria.
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Contains contemporary translations of two key Christian works of the 2nd century: Justin Martyr's First Apology and Mark Felix's Octavius. These important writings give a lively insight into what the primitive Christians believed, and how they worshipped and lived. Among other things, these writings describe a typical early Christian Sunday service and an early Christian baptism.
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Octavius is an early writing in defense of Christianity by Marcus Minucius Felix. It is written in the form of a dialogue between the pagan Caecilius Natalis and the Christian Octavius Januarius, a provincial lawyer, the friend and fellow-student of the author. Originally published in 1885 as a chapter in The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Volume IV - Fathers of the Third Century)
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The exact date birth of Marcus Minucius Felix is unknown, he was born in Cirta (now Constantine), Algeria.
Felix wrote the Octavius, a dialogue on Providence and Christianity in general, between the skeptic pagan Caecilius Natalis and the Christian Octavius Januarius, Minucius’ friend. Written for educated non-Christians, the arguments are borrowed chiefly from Cicero, especially his De natura deorum ("Concerning the Nature of the Gods"), and Christian material, mainly from the Greek Apologists. The distinction of the treatise lies in its classical refinement rather than in its originality.
The Octavius was written before Bishop St. Cyprian of Carthage’s Quod idola dii non sunt (c. 250; "That Idols Are Not Gods"), which borrows from it, but whether Minucius influenced or was influenced by Tertullian’s Apologeticum and Ad nationes (197; "To the Nations") remains uncertain.
Marcus Minucius Felix died about 250, in Rome.
(Contains contemporary translations of two key Christian w...)
(Octavius is an early writing in defense of Christianity b...)
Quotations: "Can a man be poor if he is free from want, if he does not covet the belongings of others, if he is rich in the possession of God? Rather, he is poor who possesses much but still craves for more. "
