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Arnobius (died c. 330) was an early Christian apologist of Berber origin during the reign of Diocletian (284–305).[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 50 relations: Africa (Roman province), Ancient Roman philosophy, Ancient Rome, Apologetics, Arnobius the Younger, Barbarian, Bavarian State Library, Berbers, Bishop, Christian apologetics, Christianity, Clement of Alexandria, Cornelius Labeo, Cult, Cult image, De Viris Illustribus (Jerome), Diocletian, Divine grace, El Kef, God, Gospel, Greco-Roman world, Idolatry, Jerome, Johns Hopkins University, Lactantius, Latin Library, Lucretius, Marcus Minucius Felix, Monotheism, Neoplatonism, New Testament, Numidia, Octavius (dialogue), Old Testament, Oxford University Press, Paganism, Pascal's wager, Paul Parvis, Plato, Platonism, Protrepticus (Clement), Rhetoric, Roman people, Soul, Straw man, Temple, Theology, Western philosophy, Writer.

  2. 330 deaths
  3. 4th-century Berber people
  4. Ancient Roman writers
  5. Annihilationists
  6. Berber Christians
  7. Post–Silver Age Latin writers

Africa (Roman province)

Africa was a Roman province on the northern coast of the continent of Africa.

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Ancient Roman philosophy

Ancient Roman philosophy is philosophy as it was practiced in the Roman Republic and its successor state, the Roman Empire.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Apologetics

Apologetics (from Greek label) is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse.

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Arnobius the Younger

Arnobius the Younger (Arnobius Junior) was a Christian priest or bishop in Gaul, who wrote from Rome around the year 460.

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Barbarian

A barbarian is a person or tribe of people that is perceived to be primitive, savage and warlike.

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Bavarian State Library

The Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, abbreviated BSB, called Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis before 1919) in Munich is the central "Landesbibliothek", i. e. the state library of the Free State of Bavaria, the biggest universal and research library in Germany and one of Europe's most important universal libraries.

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Berbers

Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Bishop

A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.

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Christian apologetics

Christian apologetics (ἀπολογία, "verbal defense, speech in defense") is a branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Clement of Alexandria

Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria (Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; –), was a Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria.

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Cornelius Labeo

Cornelius Labeo was an ancient Roman theologian and antiquarian who wrote on such topics as the Roman calendar and the teachings of Etruscan religion (Etrusca disciplina). Arnobius and Cornelius Labeo are Post–Silver Age Latin writers.

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Cult

A cult is a group requiring unwavering devotion to a set of beliefs and practices which are considered deviant outside the norms of society, which is typically led by a charismatic and self-appointed leader who tightly controls its members.

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Cult image

In the practice of religion, a cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents.

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De Viris Illustribus (Jerome)

De Viris Illustribus (On Illustrious Men) is a collection of short biographies of 135 authors, written in Latin, by the 4th-century Latin Church Father Jerome.

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Diocletian

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Diokletianós; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305.

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Divine grace

Divine grace is a theological term present in many religions.

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El Kef

Kef Ouest --> El Kef (الكاف), also known as Le Kef, is a city in northwestern Tunisia.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Gospel

Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported.

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Greco-Roman world

The Greco-Roman civilization (also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally—and so historically—were directly and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the Greeks and Romans.

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Idolatry

Idolatry is the worship of a cult image or "idol" as though it were a deity.

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Jerome

Jerome (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. Arnobius and Jerome are 4th-century writers in Latin and Christian apologists.

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Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, Johns, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Lactantius

Lucius Caecilius Firmianus, signo Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325), was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus. Arnobius and Lactantius are 4th-century Berber people, 4th-century writers in Latin, ancient Roman writers, Berber Christians, Christian apologists, Christian writers and Post–Silver Age Latin writers.

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Latin Library

The Latin Library is a website that collects public domain Latin texts.

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Lucretius

Titus Lucretius Carus (–) was a Roman poet and philosopher.

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Marcus Minucius Felix

Marcus Minucius Felix (died c. 250 AD in Rome) was one of the earliest of the Latin apologists for Christianity. Arnobius and Marcus Minucius Felix are ancient Roman writers, Christian apologists and Post–Silver Age Latin writers.

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Monotheism

Monotheism is the belief that one god is the only deity.

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Neoplatonism

Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion.

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New Testament

The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.

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Numidia

Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunisia and Libya.

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Octavius (dialogue)

Octavius is an early writing in defense of Christianity by Marcus Minucius Felix.

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Old Testament

The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Pascal's wager

Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), seventeenth-century French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian.

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Paul Parvis

Paul Parvis is a British Patristic scholar and Lecturer in Patristics at the University of Edinburgh.

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Plato

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms.

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Platonism

Platonism is the philosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it, though contemporary Platonists do not necessarily accept all doctrines of Plato.

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Protrepticus (Clement)

The Protrepticus (Προτρεπτικὸς πρὸς Ἕλληνας: "Exhortation to the Greeks") is the first of the three surviving works of Clement of Alexandria, a Christian theologian of the 2nd century.

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Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.

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Roman people

The Roman people was the body of Roman citizens (Rōmānī; Ῥωμαῖοι) during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.

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Soul

In many religious and philosophical traditions, the soul is the non-material essence of a person, which includes one's identity, personality, and memories, an immaterial aspect or essence of a living being that is believed to be able to survive physical death.

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Straw man

A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction.

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Temple

A temple (from the Latin templum) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice.

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Theology

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.

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Western philosophy

Western philosophy, the part of philosophical thought and work of the Western world.

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Writer

A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain.

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See also

330 deaths

4th-century Berber people

Ancient Roman writers

Annihilationists

Berber Christians

Post–Silver Age Latin writers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnobius

Also known as Adversus Nationes, Arnobius Afer, Arnobius of Sicca, Arnobius the Elder.