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THE EMPEROR TRAJAN'S REPLY TO PLINY |
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Reply to Pliny about the treatment of Christians in Bithynia Latin from the Loeb 1915 edition of Pliny's Letters (letter 10.97) An English translation of this text, placed alongside the Latin text (with dictionary lookup links), can be found on the subscription version of the site.
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Actum quem debuisti, mi Secunde, in excutiendis causis eorum, qui Christiani ad te delati fuerant, secutus es. Neque enim in universum aliquid, quod quasi certam formam habeat, constitui potest. Conquirendi non sunt; si deferantur et arguantur, puniendi sunt, ita tamen, ut, qui negaverit se Christianum esse idque re ipsa manifestum fecerit, id est supplicando diis nostris, quamvis suspectus in praeteritum fuerit, veniam ex paenitentia impetret. Sine auctore vero propositi libelli nullo crimine locum habere debent. Nam et pessimi exempli, nec nostri saeculi est. |