Ante-Nicene Fathers. In 10 vols. Volume 04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second

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ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century:
Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix;
Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second
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Phillip Schaff
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from "Latin Christianity"--Minucius Felix and Commododianus. Finally,
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ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Phillip Schaff
Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second
Table of Contents
About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii
Title Pages.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1
Introductory Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2
Tertullian: Part Fourth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
On the Pallium.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
Time Changes Nations' Dresses--and Fortunes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
The Law of Change, or Mutation, Universal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6
Beasts Similarly Subject to the Law of Mutation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9
Change Not Always Improvement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11
Virtues of the Mantle.  It Pleads in Its Own Defence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 15
Further Distinctions, and Crowning Glory, of the Pallium.. . . . . . . . . . p. 17
Elucidations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 18
On the Apparel of Women.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19
Book I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19
Introduction.  Modesty in Apparel Becoming to Women, in Memory of
the Introduction of Sin into the World Through a Woman.. . . . . . . . p. 19
The Origin of Female Ornamentation, Traced Back to the Angels Who
Had Fallen.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 20
Concerning the Genuineness of “The Prophecy of Enoch.”. . . . . . . p. 22
Waiving the Question of the Authors, Tertullian Proposes to Consider
the Things on Their Own Merits.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 23
Gold and Silver Not Superior in Origin or in Utility to Other Metals.. . . p. 24
Of Precious Stones and Pearls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 24
Rarity the Only Cause Which Makes Such Things Valuable.. . . . . . p. 25
The Same Rule Holds with Regard to Colours.  God's Creatures
Generally Not to Be Used, Except for the Purposes to Which He Has
Appointed Them.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 25
God's Distribution Must Regulate Our Desires, Otherwise We Become
the Prey of Ambition and Its Attendant Evils.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27
II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27
Introduction.  Modesty to Be Observed Not Only in Its Essence, But in
Its Accessories.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27
Perfect Modesty Will Abstain from Whatever Tends to Sin, as Well as
from Sin Itself.  Difference Between Trust and Presumption.  If Securep. 29
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Ourselves, We Must Not Put Temptation in the Way of Others.  We
Must Love Our Neighbour as Ourself.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grant that Beauty Be Not to Be Feared:  Still It is to Be Shunned as
Unnecessary and Vainglorious.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 30
Concerning the Plea of “Pleasing the Husband.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 31
Some Refinements in Dress and Personal Appearance Lawful, Some
Unlawful.  Pigments Come Under the Latter Head.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 32
Of Dyeing the Hair.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 33
Of Elaborate Dressing of the Hair in Other Ways, and Its Bearing Upon
Salvation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 34
Men Not Excluded from These Remarks on Personal Adornment.. . . . p. 35
Excess in Dress, as Well as in Personal Culture, to Be Shunned. 
Arguments Drawn from I Cor. VII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 36
Tertullian Refers Again to the Question of the Origin of All These
Ornaments and Embellishments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 38
Christian Women, Further, Have Not the Same Causes for Appearing
in Public, and Hence for Dressing in Fine Array as Gentiles.  On the
Contrary, Their Appearance Should Always Distinguish Them from
Such.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 39
Such Outward Adornments Meretricious, and Therefore Unsuitable to
Modest Women.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 40
It is Not Enough that God Know Us to Be Chaste:  We Must Seem So
Before Men.  Especially in These Times of Persecution We Must Inure
Our Bodies to the Hardships Which They May Not Improbably Be Called
to Suffer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 41
Elucidation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 43
On the Veiling of Virgins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 44
Truth Rather to Be Appealed to Than Custom, and Truth Progressive in
Its Developments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 44
Before Proceeding Farther, Let the Question of Custom Itself Be
Sifted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 45
Gradual Development of Custom, and Its Results.  Passionate Appeal
to Truth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 46
Of the Argument Drawn from 1 Cor. XI. 5-16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 48
Of the Word Woman, Especially in Connection with Its Application to
Eve.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 49
The Parallel Case of Mary Considered.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51
Of the Reasons Assigned by the Apostle for Bidding Women to Be
Veiled.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 52
The Argument E Contrario.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 53
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Veiling Consistent with the Other Rules of Discipline Observed by Virgins
and Women in General.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 54
If the Female Virgins are to Be Thus Conspicuous, Why Not the Male as
Well?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 55
The Rule of Veiling Not Applicable to Children.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 56
Womanhood Self-Evident, and Not to Be Concealed by Just Leaving the
Head Bare.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 57
If Unveiling Be Proper, Why Not Practise It Always, Out of the Church as
Well as in It?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 58
Perils to the Virgins Themselves Attendant Upon Not-Veiling.. . . . . . p. 59
Of Fascination.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 60
Tertullian, Having Shown His Defence to Be Consistent with Scripture,
Nature, and Discipline, Appeals to the Virgins Themselves.. . . . . . . . p. 61
An Appeal to the Married Women.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 61
Elucidations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 63
To His Wife.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64
I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64
Design of the Treatise.  Disavowal of Personal Motives in Writing
It.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64
Marriage Lawful, But Not Polygamy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 66
Marriage Good:  Celibacy Preferable.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 66
Of the Infirmity of the Flesh, and Similar Pleas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 68
Of the Love of Offspring as a Plea for Marriage.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 69
Examples of Heathens Urged as Commendatory of Widowhood and
Celibacy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 71
The Death of a Husband is God's Call to the Widow to Continence. 
Further Evidences from Scripture and from Heathenism.. . . . . . . . . p. 72
Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 73
Book II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 74
Reasons Which Led to the Writing of This Second Book.. . . . . . . . p. 74
Of the Apostle's Meaning in 1 Cor. VII. 12-14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 75
Remarks on Some of the “Dangers and Wounds” Referred to in the
Preceding Chapter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 77
Of the Hindrances Which an Unbelieving Husband Puts in His Wife's
Way.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 79
Of Sin and Danger Incurred Even with a “Tolerant” Husband.. . . . . . p. 79
Danger of Having to Take Part in Heathenish Rites, and Revels.. . . . p. 80
The Case of a Heathen Whose Wife is Converted After Marriage with
Him Very Different, and Much More Hopeful.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 81
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Arguments Drawn Even from Heathenish Laws to Discountenance
Marriage with Unbelievers.  The Happiness of Union Between Partners
in the Faith Enlarged on in Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 82
Elucidation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 84
On Exhortation to Chastity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 85
Introduction.  Virginity Classified Under Three Several Species.. . . . . p. 85
The Blame of Our Misdeeds Not to Be Cast Upon God.  The One Power
Which Rests with Man is the Power of Volition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 86
Of Indulgence and Pure Volition.  The Question Illustrated.. . . . . . . . p. 87
Further Remarks Upon the Apostle's Language.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 89
Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle's
Application of that Primal Type to Christ and the Church.. . . . . . . . . p. 90
The Objection from the Polygamy of the Patriarchs Answered.. . . . . . p. 91
Even the Old Discipline Was Not Without Precedents to Enforce
Monogamy.  But in This as in Other Respects, the New Has Brought in
a Higher Perfection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 92
If It Be Granted that Second Marriage is Lawful, Yet All Things Lawful
are Not Expedient.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 93
Second Marriage a Species of Adultery, Marriage Itself Impugned, as
Akin to Adultery.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 94
Application of the Subject.  Advantages of Widowhood.. . . . . . . . . . p. 95
The More the Wives, the Greater the Distraction of the Spirit.. . . . . . . p. 96
Excuses Commonly Urged in Defence of Second Marriage.  Their Futility,
Especially in the Case of Christians, Pointed Out.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 97
Examples from Among the Heathen, as Well as from the Church, to
Enforce the Foregoing Exhortation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 98
Elucidation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 99
On Monogamy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 100
Different Views in Regard to Marriage Held by Heretics, Psychic, and
Spiritualists.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 100
The Spiritualists Vindicated from the Charge of Novelty.. . . . . . . . . . p. 101
The Question of Novelty Further Considered in Connection with the Words
of the Lord and His Apostles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 102
Waiving Allusion to the Paraclete, Tertullian Comes to the Consideration
of the Ancient Scriptures, and Their Testimony on the Subject in
Hand.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 104
Connection of These Primeval Testimonies with Christ.. . . . . . . . . . p. 105
The Case of Abraham, and Its Bearing on the Present Question.. . . . . p. 107
From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents.. . . . . . . . . p. 108
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From the Law Tertullian Comes to the Gospel.  He Begins with Examples
Before Proceeding to Dogmas.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 111
From Examples Tertullian Passes to Direct Dogmatic Teachings.  He
Begins with the Lord's Teaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112
St. Paul's Teaching on the Subject.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 114
Further Remarks Upon St. Paul's Teaching.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 115
The Explanation of the Passage Offered by the Psychics
Considered.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 118
Further Objections from St. Paul Answered.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 119
Even If the Permission Had Been Given by St. Paul in the Sense Which
the Psychics Allege, It Was Merely Like the Mosaic Permission of
Divorce--A Condescension to Human Hard-Heartedness.. . . . . . . . . p. 120
Unfairness of Charging the Disciples of the New Prophecy with
Harshness.  The Charge Rather to Be Retorted Upon the Psychics.. . . p. 122
Weakness of the Pleas Urged in Defence of Second Marriage.. . . . . . p. 122
Heathen Examples Cry Shame Upon This “Infirmity of the Flesh.”. . . . . p. 124
Elucidations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 125
On Modesty.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 126
Chapter I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 126
God Just as Well as Merciful; Accordingly, Mercy Must Not Be
Indiscriminate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 129
An Objection Anticipated Before the Discussion Above Promised is
Commenced.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 132
Adultery and Fornication Synonymous.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 132
Of the Prohibition of Adultery in the Decalogue.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 133
Examples of Such Offences Under the Old Dispensation No Pattern for
the Disciples of the New.  But Even the Old Has Examples of Vengeance
Upon Such Offences.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 134
Of the Parables of the Lost Ewe and the Lost Drachma.. . . . . . . . . . p. 137
Of the Prodigal Son.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140
Certain General Principles of Parabolic Interpretation.  These Applied to
the Parables Now Under Consideration, Especially to that of the Prodigal
Son.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 141
Repentance More Competent to Heathens Than to Christians.. . . . . . p. 144
From Parables Tertullian Comes to Consider Definite Acts of the
Lord.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 146
Of the Verdict of the Apostles, Assembled in Council, Upon the Subject
of Adultery.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 147
Of St. Paul, and the Person Whom He Urges the Corinthians to
Forgive.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 148
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The Same Subject Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 151
The Same Subject Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 154
General Consistency of the Apostle.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 156
Consistency of the Apostle in His Other Epistles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 159
Answer to a Psychical Objection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 162
Objections from the Revelation and the First Epistle of St. John
Refuted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 164
From Apostolic Teaching Tertullian Turns to that of Companions of the
Apostles, and of the Law.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 168
Of the Difference Between Discipline and Power, and of the Power of the
Keys.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 170
Of Martyrs, and Their Intercession on Behalf of Scandalous
Offenders.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 173
Elucidations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 175
On Fasting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 176
Connection of Gluttony and Lust.  Grounds of Psychical Objections
Against the Montanists.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 176
Arguments of the Psychics, Drawn from the Law, the Gospel, the Acts,
the Epistles, and Heathenish Practices.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 178
The Principle of Fasting Traced Back to Its Earliest Source.. . . . . . . . p. 179
The Objection is Raised, Why, Then, Was the Limit of Lawful Food
Extended After the Flood?  The Answer to It.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 180
Proceeding to the History of Israel, Tertullian Shows that Appetite Was
as Conspicuous Among Their Sins as in Adam's Case.  Therefore the
Restraints of the Levitical Law Were Imposed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 181
The Physical Tendencies of Fasting and Feeding Considered.  The Cases
of Moses and Elijah.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 182
Further Examples from the Old Testament in Favour of Fasting.. . . . . p. 184
Examples of a Similar Kind from the New.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 186
From Fasts Absolute Tertullian Comes to Partial Ones and
Xerophagies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 186
Of Stations, and of the Hours of Prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 188
Of the Respect Due to “Human Authority;” And of the Charges of “Heresy”
And “Pseudo-Prophecy.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 191
Of the Need for Some Protest Against the Psychics and Their
Self-Indulgence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 192
Of the Inconsistencies of the Psychics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 193
Reply to the Charge of “Galaticism.“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 194
Of the Apostle's Language Concerning Food.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 195
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Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second
Instances from Scripture of Divine Judgments Upon the Self-Indulgent;
And Appeals to the Practices of Heathens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 196
Conclusion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 197
Elucidations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 199
De Fuga in Persecutione.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 200
De Fuga in Persecutione.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 200
Elucidations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 216
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218
A Strain of Jonah the Prophet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218
A Strain of Sodom.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 224
Genesis.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 232
A Strain of the Judgment of the Lord.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 239
Five Books in Reply to Marcion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 255
Of the Divine Unity, and the Resurrection of the Flesh.. . . . . . . . . . p. 255
Of the Harmony of the Old and New Laws.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 267
Of the Harmony of the Fathers of the Old and New Testaments.. . . . . p. 279
Of Marcion's Antitheses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 295
General Reply to Sundry of Marcion's Heresies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 307
Note.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 319
Elucidations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 319
Minucius Felix.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 321
Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 321
Introductory Note.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 321
The Octavius of Minucius Felix.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 324
Argument:  Minucius Relates How Delightful to Him is the Recollection
of the Things that Had Happened to Him with Octavius While He Was
Associated with Him at Rome, and Especially of This Disputation.. . . . . p. 324
Argument:  The Arrival of Octavius at Rome During the Time of the Public
Holidays Was Very Agreeable to Minucius.  Both of Them Were Desirous
of Going to the Marine Baths of Ostia, with Cæcilius Associated with
Them as a Companion of Minucius.  On Their Way Together to the Sea,
Cæcillus, Seeing an Image of Serapis, Raises His Hand to His Mouth,
and Worships It.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 325
Argument:  Octavius, Displeased at the Act of This Superstitious Man,
Sharply Reproaches Minucius, on the Ground that the Disgrace of This
Wicked Deed is Reflected Not Less on Himself, as Cæcilius' Host, Than
on Cæcilius.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 325
Argument:  Cæcilius, Somewhat Grieved at This Kind of Rebuke Which
for His Sake Minucius Had Had to Bear from Octavius, Begs to Argue
with Octavius on the Truth of His Religion.  Octavius with His Companionp. 326
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ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Phillip Schaff
Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second
Consents, and Minucius Sits in the Middle Between Cæcilius and
Octavius.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Argument:  Cæcilius Begins His Argument First of All by Reminding Them
that in Human Affairs All Things are Doubtful and Uncertain, and that
Therefore It is to Be Lamented that Christians, Who for the Most Part are
Untrained and Illiterate Persons, Should Dare to Determine on Anything
with Certainty Concerning the Chief of Things and the Divine Majesty: 
Hence He Argues that the World is Governed by No Providence, and
Concludes that It is Better to Abide by the Received Forms of
Religion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 327
Argument:  The Object of All Nations, and Especially of the Romans, in
Worshipping Their Divinities, Has Been to Attain for Their Worship the
Supreme Dominion Over the Whole Earth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 329
Argument:  That the Roman Auspices and Auguries Have Been Neglected
with Ill Consequences, But Have Been Observed with Good
Fortune.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 329
Argument:  The Impious Temerity of Theodorus, Diagoras, and Protagoras
is Not at All to Be Acquiesced In, Who Wished Either Altogether to Get
Rid of the Religion of the Gods, or at Least to Weaken It.  But Infinitely
Less to Be Endured is that Skulking and Light-Shunning People of the
Christians, Who Reject the Gods, and Who, Fearing to Die After Death,
Do Not in the Meantime Fear to Die.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 330
Argument:  The Religion of the Christians is Foolish, Inasmuch as They
Worship a Crucified Man, and Even the Instrument Itself of His
Punishment.  They are Said to Worship the Head of an Ass, and Even
the Nature of Their Father.  They are Initiated by the Slaughter and the
Blood of an Infant, and in Shameless Darkness They are All Mixed Up
in an Uncertain Medley.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 331
Argument:  Whatever the Christians Worship, They Strive in Every Way
to Conceal:  They Have No Altars, No Temples, No Acknowledged
Images.  Their God, Like that of the Jews, is Said to Be One, Whom,
Although They are Neither Able to See Nor to Show, They Think
Nevertheless to Be Mischievous, Restless, and Unseasonably
Inquisitive.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 333
Argument:  Besides Asserting the Future Conflagration of the Whole
World, They Promise Afterwards the Resurrection of Our Bodies:  and
to the Righteous an Eternity of Most Blessed Life; To the Unrighteous,
of Extreme Punishment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 334
Argument:  Moreover, What Will Happen to the Christians Themselves
After Death, May Be Anticipated from the Fact that Even Now They arep. 335
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