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Felix of Thibiuca
An African bishop who refused to give up the Scriptures in 303 and was put to death, as his Acts tell it in Mason's English of 1876.
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This site quotes Felix of Thibiuca 2 times across 1 book, and lists 0 works.
- Quoted here most in Acts: 2 of 2.
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“for me to be burned myself than for the Divine Scriptures, for it is better to obey God than men.”
The Acts of Felix, in Arthur James Mason, The Persecution of Diocletian, page 173
Undated in the archive this site cites.
Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. BSB
“It is better ... for me to be burned myself than for the Divine Scriptures, for it is better to obey God than men.”
The Acts of Felix, in Arthur James Mason, The Persecution of Diocletian, page 173
Undated in the archive this site cites.
Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. BSB
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This site quotes Felix of Thibiuca 2 times across 1 book.
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An African bishop who refused to give up the Scriptures in 303 and was put to death, as his Acts tell it in Mason's English of 1876.
2 quotations across 1 book
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But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
“for me to be burned myself than for the Divine Scriptures, for it is better to obey God than men.”
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
“It is better ... for me to be burned myself than for the Divine Scriptures, for it is better to obey God than men.”