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The name Minucius Felix has been found on inscriptions at Tebessa and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Doherty calls Minucius Felix a “smoking gun” in his theory, and he dates Felix somewhat early.
Mythicist Misunderstanding James F. McGrath 2010
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Hence, according to Minucius Felix, the title given them of lucifugaces.
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In Minucius Felix, however, the argument certainly is an argument to an intelligent artisan; in the sentence just prior to the one I note, he shows that he has in his sights the Epicurean position that the world is constituted entirely by the chance meetings of atoms.
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My previous comment about intimations of design arguments reminds me of the beautiful little work by Minucius Felix, called Octavius , which really should be more widely known.
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Anyway Minucius Felix may be said to stand alone in denouncing the symbol of the cross as non-Christian.
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
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That it was this immaterial sign or signal, rather than any material symbol of the cross, which Minucius Felix considered Christian, is demonstrated by the fact that the passage already quoted is accompanied by the remark that
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
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Minucius Felix, St. Cyprian (_supra_, n. 38), etc.; cf. Wolff, op. cit., p. 138; _Mon. myst.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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Fathers (Minucius Felix), about the "half-words" that a child uses, as he learns to talk and wrestles with a grown-up vocabulary?
The Jesus of History T. R. Glover
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Constantine; other of course than the _Octavius_ of Minucius Felix, which was dealt with in the last chapter, and the writings of Irenaeus, which will be dealt with in the next.
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
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