Octavius 33.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: To God the whole world is one house, and all live in his presence.

Latin text · CSEL 2:47

Nec nobis de nostra frequentia blandiamur: multi nobis uidemur, sed Deo admodum pauci sumus. nos gentes nationesque distinguimus: Deo una domus est mundus hic totus. reges statum regni sui per officia ministrorum diuersa nouerunt: Deo indiciis opus non est: non enim solum in oculis eius, sed in sinu uiuimus.

English · Claude translation

"Nor should we flatter ourselves about our numbers: we seem many to ourselves, but to God we are very few. We distinguish peoples and nations: to God this whole world is one house. Kings know the state of their kingdom through the services of various ministers: God has no need of informers; for we live not only before his eyes but in his bosom.

About this passage

Source

CSEL 2:47 · 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.

Scripture

Acts 17:28 · echo, low confidence

Cite this passage

Minucius Felix, Oct. 33.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/33/1/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 33.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/33/1/).