Sophia Scriptura

Octavius 10.4

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

Summary: Even the Jews' one God was defeated along with his people by Rome.

Latin text · CSEL 2:14

Iudaeorum sola et misera gentilitas unum et ipsi deum, sed palam, sed templis, aris, uictimis caerimoniisque coluerunt, cuius adeo nulla uis nec potestas est, ut sit Romanis numinibus cum sua sibi natione captiuus.

English · Claude translation

The Jews alone, a wretched people, also worshipped one God, but openly, with temples, altars, victims, and ceremonies; yet he has so little strength or power that he is a captive of the Roman divinities together with his own nation.

About this passage

Source
CSEL 2:14 · 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.

Notes

Translation notes

  • The reference is to the Roman capture of Jerusalem and destruction of the temple (AD 70).

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 10.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/10/4/).

Plain text
Minucius Felix, Oct. 10.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/10/4/).

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