Sophia Scriptura

Octavius 31.6

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

Summary: Christians are neither low-class, factious, nor secretive by choice.

Latin text · CSEL 2:45

nec de ultima statim plebe consistimus, si honores uestros et purpuras recusamus, nec factiosi sumus, si omnes unum bonum sapimus eadem congregati quiete qua singuli, nec in angulis garruli, si audire nos publice aut erubescitis aut timetis.

English · Claude translation

Nor are we straightway the lowest rabble if we refuse your honours and purple robes; nor are we a faction if we all think the one good, gathered in the same quiet as when alone; nor chattering in corners, if you either blush or fear to hear us in public.

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Source
CSEL 2:45 · 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.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 31.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/31/6/).

Plain text
Minucius Felix, Oct. 31.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/31/6/).

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