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Apologetic
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[211] See Tac. Ann. ii. 31, etc. (Oehler.)
[213] Because the names of the heathen divinities, which used to be given to the stars, were in many cases only names of dead men deified.
[214] Or, heathenish.
[215] Or, sect.
[216] See Exod. 7-8; 2 Tim. 3.8.
[217] See Acts viii. 9-24.
[218] See Acts xiii. 6-11.
[220] See Acts viii. 21.
[221] See 1 Cor. vii. 31, “They that use this world as not abusing it.” The astrologer abuses the heavens by putting the heavenly bodies to a sinful use.
Chapter X.—Of Schoolmasters and Their Difficulties.
[222] i.e., the seven planets.
[223] See 1 Cor. viii. 10.
[224] i.e., because “he does not nominally eat,” etc.
[225] [Note the Christian Schoolmaster, already distinguished as such, implying the existence and the character of Christian schools. Of which, learn more from the Emperor Julian, afterwards.]
[226] i.e., the name of gods.
[227] Ex. xxiii. 13; Josh. xxiii. 7; Ps. xvi. 4; Hos. ii. 17; Zech. xiii. 2.
[228] i.e., the name of God.
[229] i.e., on an idol, which, as Isaiah says, is “vanity.”
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