Pagan Parallels, Tertullian, and Minucius Felix

Pagan parallel backers are generally a gullible lot. They take any quote given by one of their heroes at face value. Here are a few by Tertullian parlleled by Minucius Felix that mean something completely different than for what it is used. Of course, checking it would requite actually doing research rather than cut and paste from some pagan parallel website.

Here is the link to Tertullian's Apology (relevant passages in Chapters 12 and 16):

http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0301.htm

Here is the passage to Minucius Felix's Octavius:

http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0410.htm

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[DerekHowardM]

Great videos Albert!...the pagan parallel clowns are bleeding heavily from a certain orifice right now.

Tertullian was a fantastic writer. I laugh out loud when I read his works. It's rhetoric of the highest caliber. There are definitely places for hawks and doves in the Church.

[GradStud28]

I'm not so sure that the direction of dependence between Tertullian and Minucius Felix is quite so unambiguous. But it's nice to see that the two are discussed in a YouTube video!

[DerekHowardM]

Yeah...then he went Tertullianist!

[kevinanity]

I think you should show more cultural sensitivity to people who ride skateboards.

[kevinanity]

Gotta go where the Spirit leads :)

[seinfan9]

So "skateboarding" is lazy research? I've always wondered what KabaneTheChristian meant when he called some atheists "skateboard atheists".