Marcus Minucius Felix

Marcus Minucius Felix (died c. 250 AD in Rome)[1] was one of the earliest of the Latin apologists for Christianity. He was of Berber origin.[2]

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. Jerome's De Viris Illustribus #58 speaks of him as "Romae insignis causidicus" [one of Rome's notable solicitors], but in that he is probably only improving on the expression of Lactantius[3] who speaks of him as "non ignobilis inter causidicos loci" [not unknown among solicitors].

Notes

"Marcus Minucius Felix | Christian apologist". Retrieved 2016-08-21.
Serralda, Vincent; Huard, André (1984). Le Berbère-- lumière de l'Occident (in French). Nouvelles Editions Latines. p. 56. ISBN 9782723302395.
Institutionum divinarum v. 1.
"Stoicism". Retrieved 2016-08-21.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Minucius, Felix Marcus". Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 564.

External links

Higgins, C. Francis. "Minucius Felix". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Minucius Felix" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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[Brit-1] "Marcus Minucius Felix | Christian apologist". Retrieved 2016-08-21.

[2] Serralda, Vincent; Huard, André (1984). Le Berbère-- lumière de l'Occident (in French). Nouvelles Editions Latines. p. 56. ISBN 9782723302395.

[3] Institutionum divinarum v. 1.

[4] "Stoicism". Retrieved 2016-08-21.