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Apologetic
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[167] Oehler refers to Ezek. xxiii.; but many other references might be given—in the Pentateuch and Psalms, for instance.
Chapter II.—Idolatry in Its More Limited Sense. Its Copiousness.
Chapter III.—Idolatry: Origin and Meaning of the Name.
[173] “Boiled out,” “bubbled out.”
[174] Or, brass.
[175] i.e., a little form.
[176] Idolatry, namely.
[177] [Capitalized to mark its emphatic sense, i.e., the People of God = the Jews.]
[178] See Ex. xxxii.; and compare 1 Cor. x. 7, where the latter part of Ex. xxxii. 6 is quoted.
Chapter IV.—Idols Not to Be Made, Much Less Worshipped. Idols and Idol-Makers in the Same Category.
[179] Lev. xxvi. 1; Ex. xx. 4; Deut. v. 8. It must of course be borne in mind that Tertullian has defined the meaning of the word idol in the former chapter, and speaks with reference to that definition.
[180] Compare de Oratione, c. 23, and de Virg. Vel. c. 7.
[181] “Sanguinis perditionis:” such is the reading of Oehler and others. If it be correct, probably the phrase “perdition of blood” must be taken as equivalent to “bloody perdition,” after the Hebrew fashion. Compare, for similar instances, 2 Sam. xvi. 7; Ps. v. 6; xxvi. 9; lv. 23; Ezek. xxii. 2, with the marginal readings. But Fr. Junius would read, “Of blood and of perdition”—sanguinis et perditionis. Oehler’s own interpretation of the reading he gives—“blood-shedding”—appears unsatisfactory.
[182] “In fanis.” This is Oehler’s reading on conjecture. Other readings are—infamis, infamibus, insanis, infernis.
[183] Isa. xliv. 8 et seqq.
[184] Ps. cxv. 8. In our version, “They that make them are like unto them.” Tertullian again agrees with the LXX.
Chapter V.—Sundry Objections or Excuses Dealt with.
[185] Cf. chaps. viii. and xii.
[186] i.e., the Discipline of the house of God, the Church. Oehler reads, “eam disciplinam,” and takes the meaning to be that no artificer of this class should be admitted into the Church, if he applies for admittance, with a knowledge of the law of God referred to in the former chapters, yet persisting in his unlawful craft. Fr. Junius would read, “ejus disciplinam.”
[187] i.e., If laws of your own, and not the will and law of God, are the source and means of your life, you owe no thanks and no obedience to God, and therefore need not seek admittance into His house (Oehler).
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