Octavius 26.8

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

Summary: Fallen spirits seek to draw others away from God through false religions.

BothLatinEnglish

Latin text · CSEL 2:38

isti igitur spiritus, posteaquam simplicitatem substantiae suae onusti et inmersi uitiis perdiderunt, ad solacium calamitatis suae non desinunt perditi iam perdere et deprauati errorem prauitatis infundere et alienati a Deo inductis prauis religionibus a Deo segregare.

English · Claude translation

These spirits, then, after they lost the simplicity of their substance, burdened and sunk in vices, do not cease, for the consolation of their calamity, being ruined themselves, to ruin others, and, being depraved, to pour in the error of depravity, and, estranged from God, to separate others from God by introducing depraved religions.

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:38 · 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. 26.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/26/8/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 26.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/26/8/).

Download citation:BibTeX ·RIS (Zotero, EndNote)

Whole work:BibTeX ·RIS ·Markdown text

Report an error in this passage