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2 - THE GREEK TEXT OF SEXTUS AND RUFINUS' TRANSLATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2010

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PRAEFATIO RUFINI PRAESBYTERI

Scio quia, sicut grex ad vocem proprii pastoris accurrit, ita et religiosus auditor vernaculi doctoris commonitionibus gaudet. quia ergo, karissime fili Aproniane, religiosa filia mea, soror iam in Christo tua, poposcerat me ut ei aliquid quod legeret tale componerem, ubi neque laboraret in intellegendo et tamen proficeret in legendo, aperto et satis piano sermone: Sextum in Latinum verti, quem Sextum ipsum esse tradunt qui apud vos id est in urbe Roma Xystus vocatur, episcopi et martyris gloria decoratus. hunc ergo cum legerit, inveniet tam brevem ut videat singulis versiculis ingentes explicare sensus, tam vehementem ut unius versus sententia ad totius possit perfectionem vitae sufficere, tam manifestum ut ne absens quidem legenti puella expertem se intellectus esse causetur. omne autem opus ita breve est, ut de manu eius nunquam possit recedere totus liber, unius pristini alicuius pretiosi anuli optinens locum. et revera aequum videtur ut, cui pro verbo dei terrena ornamenta sorduerunt, nunc a nobis ad vicem verbi et sapientiae monilibus adornetur. nunc ergo interim habeatur in manibus pro anulo liber, paulo post vero in thesaurum proficiens totius servetur disciplinae bonorum actuum commonitiones de intimo suggesturus arcano. addidi praeterea et electa quaedam religiosi parentis ad filium, sed breve totum, ut merito omne opusculum vel enchiridion si Graece vel anulus si Latine appelletur.

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Print publication year: 1959

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