Octavius 37.4

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

Summary: Many Christians have been burned alive without complaint, though they could have gone free.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:52

et quot ex nostris, non dextram solum, sed totum corpus uri, cremari sine ullis eiulatibus pertulerunt, cum dimitti praesertim haberent in sua potestate!

English · Claude translation

And how many of ours have endured having not only the right hand but the whole body burned and consumed without any cries, especially when they had it in their power to be released!

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:52 · 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: Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

They could be released by denying Christ.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 37.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/37/4/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 37.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/37/4/).

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