Octavius 10.1

Minucius Felix · Octavius · ca. 197–250 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Caecilius says Christian secrecy proves the rumours true.

Textual problem in this passage: the printed text is uncertain or disputed here. See the notes.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:14

Multa praetereo consulto: nam et haec nimis multa sunt, quae aut omnia aut pleraque [omnium] uera declarat ipsius prauae religionis obscuritas.

English · Claude translation

"I pass over many things deliberately; for even these are too many, and the very secrecy of this depraved religion declares that all or most of them are true.

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:14 · Karl Halm, ed., M. Minucii Felicis Octavius; Iulii Firmici Materni Liber de errore profanarum religionum, CSEL 2 (Vienna: Gerold, 1867), 1–56 · Latin text: K. Halm (CSEL 2, 1867), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text: As printed in CSEL 2. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; the problem in this passage is discussed in the notes.
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 2; made independently of existing English translations.
Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Divided there by chapter only.

Notes

Translation notes

The editor deletes "omnium"; it is not translated.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/10/1/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/10/1/).

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