Song Of Two Peoples LATIN

Commodian (d. 250)

Song Of Two Peoples (Carmen De Duobus Populis)

Alternative titles: Apologetic Song, Apologetic Poem, Against Jews and Gentiles

Primary sources: 1 , 2 , 3

Wherever corruption was encountered in the above sources, the text was updated to follow this text: Ernestvs Lvdwig, 1878

Content

Quis poterit unum proprie Deum nosse caelorum, Quis nisi quem sustulerit ab errore nefando? Errabam ignarus spatians spe captus inani, Dum furor aetatis primae me portabat in auras. Plus eram quam palea levior; quasi centum adessent In humeris capita, sic praeceps quocumque ferebar. Non satis his rebus, criminose denique mersus Paene fui factus herbas incantando malignas. Sed gratias Domino - nec sufficit vox mea tantum Reddere - qui misero vacillanti tandem adluxit! Adgressusque fui tradita in codice legis, Quid ibi rescirem. Statim mihi lampada fulsit; Tunc vere cognovi Deum unum summum in altis, Et ideo tales hortor ab errore recedant. Quis melior medicus nisi passus vulnera victor? Multi quidem bruti et ignoti, corde sopiti, Nil sibi proponunt cognoscere; more ferino Quaerunt, quod rapiant aut quorum sanguinem bibant, Dummodo laetentur saginati vivere porci. Ingemunt ad tumulum sepulcri, tum diviti…

See also

• More works by Commodian

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