Octavius 25.11

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

Summary: Temples are centres of vice more than brothels.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:37

ubi autem magis a sacerdotibus quam inter aras et delubra conducuntur stupra, tractantur lenocinia, adulteria meditantur? frequentius denique in aedituorum cellulis quam in ipsis lupanaribus flagrans libido defungitur.

English · Claude translation

And where are debaucheries arranged by priests, pimping transacted, and adulteries plotted more than among the altars and shrines? In fact, burning lust is satisfied more often in the little rooms of the temple-keepers than in the brothels themselves.

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:37 · 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.
Topics: Ethics

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: "m" for "in".): m ipsis lupanaribus → in ipsis lupanaribus.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 25.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/25/11/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 25.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/25/11/).

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