Marcus Minucius Felix
3rd century · AD 250 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 3 passages
Background on Marcus Minucius Felix
In his own words on 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians 15:36
See, therefore, how for our consolation all nature suggests a future resurrection. The sun sinks down and arises, the stars pass away and return, the flowers die and revive again, after their win-try decay the shrubs resume their leaves, seeds do not flourish again. unless they are rotted: thus the body in the sepulchre is like the trees which in winter hide their verdure with a deceptive dryness. Why are you in haste for it to revive and return, while the winter is still raw? We must wait also for the spring-time of the body.
The Octavius of Minucius Felix
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