Octavius 40.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Caecilius accepts Christianity and asks for further instruction the next day.

Latin text · CSEL 2:55

itaque quod pertineat ad summam quaestionis, et de prouidentia fateor et de Deo cedo et de sectae iam nostrae sinceritate consentio. etiam nunc tamen aliqua consubsidunt non obstrepentia ueritati sed perfectae institutioni necessaria, de quibus crastino, quod iam sol occasui decliuis est, ut de toto congruentes promptius requiremus.

English · Claude translation

So, as regards the main question, I confess about providence, I yield about God, and I agree about the purity of the sect that is now ours. Still, even now some things remain beneath, not opposed to the truth but necessary for a complete instruction; about these we will inquire tomorrow, since the sun is already sinking to its setting, so that, agreeing on the whole, we may inquire more readily."

About this passage

Source

CSEL 2:55 · 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.

Cite this passage

Minucius Felix, Oct. 40.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/40/2/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 40.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/40/2/).