Sophia Scriptura

Octavius 19.3

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

Summary: The philosophers, in substance, agree with the Christian idea of God as mind and spirit.

Latin text · CSEL 2:25

quid aliud et a nobis Deus quam mens et ratio et spiritus praedicatur? recenseamus, si placet, disciplinam philosophorum: deprehendes eos, etsi sermonibus uariis, ipsis tamen rebus in hanc unam coire et conspirare sententiam.

English · Claude translation

What else is God proclaimed by us to be than mind and reason and spirit? Let us review, if you please, the teaching of the philosophers: you will find that, though in varied words, in substance they come together and agree in this one opinion.

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Source
CSEL 2:25 · 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. 19.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/19/3/).

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 19.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/19/3/).

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