Octavius 15.1

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

Summary: Caecilius protests that Marcus is weakening his case before Octavius replies.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:19

Decedis, inquit Caecilius, officio iudicis religiosi: nam periniurium est uires te actionis meae intergressu grauissimae disputationis infringere, cum Octauius integra et inlibata debeat singula, si potest, refutare.

English · Claude translation

"You are departing from the duty of a conscientious judge," said Caecilius; "for it is very unfair of you to weaken the force of my case by interposing a most weighty argument, when Octavius ought to refute each point, if he can, whole and untouched."

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:19 · 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; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
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

"Intergressu" ("by interposing") is an odd form in the digital text; the sense is clear.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 15.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/15/1/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 15.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/15/1/).

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