Octavius 16.4 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Octavius promises to establish one truth that will settle Caecilius's doubts.

Latin text · CSEL 2:20

ita eius dubia opinio dissipatur. nullum itaque miraculum est, si Caecilius identidem in contrariis ac repugnantibus iactetur, aestuet, fluctuetur. quod ne fiat ulterius, conuincam et redarguam. quamuis sint diuersa quae dicta sunt, una ueritate confirmata probataque nec dubitandum ei de cetero est nec uagandum.

English · Claude translation

So his doubtful opinion is scattered. It is therefore no wonder if Caecilius is tossed again and again among contrary and conflicting ideas, if he seethes and wavers. That this may happen no longer, I will refute and disprove him. Although the things said are various, once one truth is established and proved, he need neither doubt nor wander any longer about the rest.

About this passage

Source

CSEL 2:20 · 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. 16.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/16/4/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 16.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/16/4/).