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Athenagoras
ATHENAGORAS
Angels 141
the fallen 142
Atheists, Christians not such 130
absurdity of this charge 134
charge retorted on heathen 131
Athenagoras, his place among primitive apologists 125
Introductory Notes 125-127
On the Resurrection 149
Paris edition of 126
Plea for the Christians 129
a trophy of St. Paul’s preaching 125
beauty and merit of his writings 127
his writings harmonized with Justin Martyr and others, by Bishop Kaye 126
no historical information concerning him 127
notes of Gesner and Stephans 126
rare mention of his name in history 127
Body, functions of 152
differs from the mortal 152
the resurrection of 152
Calvin, quoted 157
Christian morality 146
Christianity, at the period of Athenagoras 125
Sibylline predictions of 125, 132
bolder tone of 125
entreats a fair hearing 148
his treatise of the resurrection 149
its conflict with heresies 125
its shackles falling 125
Christians, plea in their behalf addressed to Marcus Aurelius and Commodus 129
abhor fœticide 147
abolish gladiatorial shows 147
calumnies against, confuted 145
claim to legal protection 130
condemn cruelty 147
contrasted with their accusers 147
distinguish God from matter 135
do not worship the universe 136
elevated morality of 146
false charges against 130
inconsistency of their accusers 135
injustice towards 129
refuse worship to the emperors 148
superiority of their theology 132
their conjugal chastity 146
their moral teaching 134
why they do not offer sacrifices 134
worship the Trinity 133
Creator 150
who makes, can restore 150
De Maistre, cited 131
Death 157
analogy of 157
and sleep 157
Demons 143
artifices of 143
tempt to idolatry 143
Digestion and nutrition consistent with resurrection 151
Divine Providence denied by the poets and philosophers 142
Doctrine, Christian 132
Germans 126
and of devout exegesis 126
lack of sympathy with the primitive writers 126
their criticisms 126
valuable editorial labours 125
Giants, their progeny 142
God, testimony of the poets to unity 131
distinguished from matter 135
opinions of philosophers concerning 131
Heathen, their gods 136
a poetic fiction 137
absurd representations of gods 138
and idols 136
impure ideas concerning the gods 138
pretended explanations of mythology 140
recent invention of 136
their gods but men 143
their shameful poetry 139
Human flesh, not the proper food of man 153
Judgment 156
necessary to soul and body 158
Man, argument from his nature 156
and from changes in his life 158
and from his liability to judgment 160
and from laws of his nature 161
and from such good and evil 161
and from the objects of his existence 162
from his actions 160
Marriage, chastity of Christians with respect to 146
Philosophers, opinions of 131
Aristotle 142
Plato and Pythagoras sustain the possibility of resurrection 148
Thales and Plato 149
deny a Providence 142
respecting the gods 137
Plato, opinion of 140
Poets, testimony of 131
describe the gods as originally men 144
reasons for this 145
Polytheism, absurdities of 132
Prophets, testimony of 133
Pusey, quoted 157
Resurrection 149
argument continued 155
argument from man’s nature 156
canibalism no impediment 153
children to rise again 156
concluding argument 162
from changes in man’s life 158
if none, man less favoured than brutes 159
its beauty and force 162
nor man’s impotency 153
not merely for judgment 156
objections to 151
probability of 158
will of the Creator concerning 154
Rewards and punishments 158
Sibyl, prediction of Christianity 125, 132
quotation from 145
Sleep 157
Soul and body, judgment of 158
St. Paul, his preaching on Mars Hill 125
Athenagoras its trophy 125
its apparent sterility 125
Telemachus, heroic history of 147
Thales, opinion of 140
Universe, not worshipped by Christians 136
the Ptolemaic system of 136
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