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. Pdfcreator allows you to convert files to pdf, merge and rearrange pdf files, create digital signatures and more. A commentary on selected sections of the octavius of. Minucius lived in the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries c. Pdf documents can contain links and buttons, form fields, audio, video, and business logic. 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.
Either tertullian dependend on this apology, making it perhaps the earliest piece of extant christian latin literature, or the author of this apology depended on tertullian. They can be signed electronically, and you can easily view pdf files. This is a list of links to articles on software used to manage portable document format pdf documents. The octavius of marcus minucius felix by minucius felix, marcus. The arrival of octavius at rome during the time of the public. Minucius felix internet encyclopedia of philosophy. The adobe acrobatreader that is running cannot be used to view pdf files in a web browser. Troubleshoot viewing pdf files on the web adobe support. Great, the celebrated macedonian, wrote in a remarkable document addressed to his. And thus, while we were all engaged in the enjoyment of this spectacle, caecilius was paying no attention, nor laughing at the contest. The octavius of minucius felix this file has been downloaded from. For octavius had come to rome on business and also to see me. Either way, minucius felix, an otherwise unknown christian from the 2nd or early 3rd century, ably defends christianity against roman arguments, superstition, and rumors.
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 fellowstudent of the author. A commentary on selected sections of the octavius of minucius felix the purpose of this study is to consider, in lemmatic commentary form, some of the objections to christian belief raised by the pagan, caecilius and the corresponding responses and counterarguments adduced by octavius, the christian, in the octavius of minucius felix. Of the literary character of the dialogue, it is sufficient to quote the testimony of the late dean milman. Different ways to access pdf files with firefox firefox help. The distinction between the various functions is not. Cogitanti mihi et cum animo meo octavi boni et fidelissimi contubernalis memoriam recensenti tanta dulcedo et adfectio hominis inhaesit, ut ipse quodammodo mihi viderer in praeterita redire, non ea quae iam transacta et decursa sunt, recordatione revocare. This article explains how to use the builtin pdf viewer, how to use. The octavius by minucius felix is an apology for the christian religion. The portable document format pdf is a file format developed by adobe in the 1990s to present documents, including text. Octavius is an early writing in defense of christianity by marcus minucius felix.
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