AFVI
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III

Author
Tertullian
Early Church Fathers / Public domain
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783 chapters English Public domain
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783 chapters

126 Chapter XV. 127 Elucidations. 128 Chapter I 129 Chapter II. 130 Chapter III. 131 Chapter IV. 132 Chapter V. 133 Elucidations. 134 Chapter I 135 The Heathen Perverted Judgment in the Trial of Christians. They Would Be More Consistent If They Dispensed with All Form of Trial. Tertullian Urges This with Much Indignation. 136 The Great Offence in the Christians Lies in Their Very Name. The Name Vindicated. 137 The Truth Hated in the Christians; So in Measure Was It, of Old, in Socrates. The Virtues of the Christians. 138 The Inconsistent Life of Any False Christian No More Condemns True Disciples of Christ, Than a Passing Cloud Obscures a Summer Sky. 139 The Innocence of the Christians Not Compromised by the Iniquitous Laws Which Were Made Against Them. 140 The Christians Defamed. A Sarcastic Description of Fame; Its Deception and Atrocious Slanders of the Christians Lengthily Described. 141 The Calumny Against the Christians Illustrated in the Discovery of Psammetichus. Refutation of the Story. 142 The Christians are Not the Cause of Public Calamities: There Were Such Troubles Before Christianity. 143 The Christians are Not the Only Contemners of the Gods. Contempt of Them Often Displayed by Heathen Official Persons. Homer Made the Gods Contemptible. 144 The Absurd Cavil of the Ass's Head Disposed of. 145 The Charge of Worshipping a Cross. The Heathens Themselves Made Much of Crosses in Sacred Things; Nay, Their Very Idols Were Formed on a Crucial Frame. 146 The Charge of Worshipping the Sun Met by a Retort. 147 The Vile Calumny About Onocoetes Retorted on the Heathen by Tertullian. 148 The Charge of Infanticide Retorted on the Heathen. 149 Other Charges Repelled by the Same Method. The Story of the Noble Roman Youth and His Parents. 150 The Christian Refusal to Swear by the Genius of Cæsar. Flippancy and Irreverence Retorted on the Heathen.
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AFVI
Title

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III

Author
Tertullian
Early Church Fathers / Public domain
Details
783 chapters English Public domain
About this book

No short description is available for this text.

Table of contents

783 chapters

126 Chapter XV. 127 Elucidations. 128 Chapter I 129 Chapter II. 130 Chapter III. 131 Chapter IV. 132 Chapter V. 133 Elucidations. 134 Chapter I 135 The Heathen Perverted Judgment in the Trial of Christians. They Would Be More Consistent If They Dispensed with All Form of Trial. Tertullian Urges This with Much Indignation. 136 The Great Offence in the Christians Lies in Their Very Name. The Name Vindicated. 137 The Truth Hated in the Christians; So in Measure Was It, of Old, in Socrates. The Virtues of the Christians. 138 The Inconsistent Life of Any False Christian No More Condemns True Disciples of Christ, Than a Passing Cloud Obscures a Summer Sky. 139 The Innocence of the Christians Not Compromised by the Iniquitous Laws Which Were Made Against Them. 140 The Christians Defamed. A Sarcastic Description of Fame; Its Deception and Atrocious Slanders of the Christians Lengthily Described. 141 The Calumny Against the Christians Illustrated in the Discovery of Psammetichus. Refutation of the Story. 142 The Christians are Not the Cause of Public Calamities: There Were Such Troubles Before Christianity. 143 The Christians are Not the Only Contemners of the Gods. Contempt of Them Often Displayed by Heathen Official Persons. Homer Made the Gods Contemptible. 144 The Absurd Cavil of the Ass's Head Disposed of. 145 The Charge of Worshipping a Cross. The Heathens Themselves Made Much of Crosses in Sacred Things; Nay, Their Very Idols Were Formed on a Crucial Frame. 146 The Charge of Worshipping the Sun Met by a Retort. 147 The Vile Calumny About Onocoetes Retorted on the Heathen by Tertullian. 148 The Charge of Infanticide Retorted on the Heathen. 149 Other Charges Repelled by the Same Method. The Story of the Noble Roman Youth and His Parents. 150 The Christian Refusal to Swear by the Genius of Cæsar. Flippancy and Irreverence Retorted on the Heathen.
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AFVI
Title

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III

Author
Tertullian
Early Church Fathers / Public domain
Details
783 chapters English Public domain
About this book

No short description is available for this text.

Table of contents

783 chapters

126 Chapter XV. 127 Elucidations. 128 Chapter I 129 Chapter II. 130 Chapter III. 131 Chapter IV. 132 Chapter V. 133 Elucidations. 134 Chapter I 135 The Heathen Perverted Judgment in the Trial of Christians. They Would Be More Consistent If They Dispensed with All Form of Trial. Tertullian Urges This with Much Indignation. 136 The Great Offence in the Christians Lies in Their Very Name. The Name Vindicated. 137 The Truth Hated in the Christians; So in Measure Was It, of Old, in Socrates. The Virtues of the Christians. 138 The Inconsistent Life of Any False Christian No More Condemns True Disciples of Christ, Than a Passing Cloud Obscures a Summer Sky. 139 The Innocence of the Christians Not Compromised by the Iniquitous Laws Which Were Made Against Them. 140 The Christians Defamed. A Sarcastic Description of Fame; Its Deception and Atrocious Slanders of the Christians Lengthily Described. 141 The Calumny Against the Christians Illustrated in the Discovery of Psammetichus. Refutation of the Story. 142 The Christians are Not the Cause of Public Calamities: There Were Such Troubles Before Christianity. 143 The Christians are Not the Only Contemners of the Gods. Contempt of Them Often Displayed by Heathen Official Persons. Homer Made the Gods Contemptible. 144 The Absurd Cavil of the Ass's Head Disposed of. 145 The Charge of Worshipping a Cross. The Heathens Themselves Made Much of Crosses in Sacred Things; Nay, Their Very Idols Were Formed on a Crucial Frame. 146 The Charge of Worshipping the Sun Met by a Retort. 147 The Vile Calumny About Onocoetes Retorted on the Heathen by Tertullian. 148 The Charge of Infanticide Retorted on the Heathen. 149 Other Charges Repelled by the Same Method. The Story of the Noble Roman Youth and His Parents. 150 The Christian Refusal to Swear by the Genius of Cæsar. Flippancy and Irreverence Retorted on the Heathen.
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