Tertullian’s Apology and de Spectaculis

by Tertullian; Minucius Felix

Publishers:

Harvard University Press; William Heinemann

, 1931

Overview

Discover the history of Latin Christendom with two of the first Christian apologists in The Select Works of Tertullian and Minucius Felix. Examine original Latin text alongside its English translation as you study Latin Christendom, its core beliefs, ethics, and the cultural forces of the time. In both Apology and De Spectaculis, Tertullian discusses the life of the time and the influences on thinking and writing in the Latin world. Minucius Felix continues the exploration of Latin Christendom in his Octavius, with a discussion of the social and religious conditions in Rome at the end of the second century, including the interactions between Roman and African Christianity. This book contains the English translation of Apology, De Spectaculis, and Octavius.

Contents

Top Highlights

“We multiply whenever we are mown down by you; the blood of Christians is seed.” (Page 227)

^“16Our dinner shows its idea in its name; it is called by the Greek name for love (agape).^{a” (Page 181)}

^“1I will now show you the proceedings with which the Christian association occupies itself” (Page 173)

“to be. ⁷Men proclaim aloud that the state is beset with us; in countryside, in villages” (Page 5)

“r there may not be in it something good that escapes them.” (Page 7)

Product Details

• Title: Tertullian’s Apology and de Spectaculis
• Authors: Tertullian, Minucius Felix
• Series: The Loeb Classical Library: English
• Publishers: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann
• Print Publication Date: 1931
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Apologetics › Early works to 1800
• Resource ID: LLS:APLGYSPCTCLSOCTVS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:08:47Z