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[351] [For the demonology of this treatise, compare capp. 10, 12, 13, 23, and see Kaye’s full but condensed statement (pp. 201–204), in his account of the writings, etc.]
[353] Ps. i. 1. [Kaye’s censure of this use of the text, (p. 366) seems to me gratuitous.]
[354] [Neander argues with great force that in referring to Scripture and not at all to the “new Prophecy,” our author shows his orthodoxy. We may add “ that highest authority” to which he appeals in this chapter.]
[355] [Cybele.]
[356] [Very admirable reflections on this chapter may be found in Kaye, pp. 362–3.]
[357] [The authority of Tertullian, in this matter, is accepted by the critics, as of historic importance.]
[358] [Though this was probably written at Carthage, his reference to the Flavian theatre in this place is plain from the immediate comparison with the Capitol.]
[359] [To the infernal deities and first of all to Pluto. See vol. I. note 6, p. 131, this Series.]
[360] [Bunsen, Hippol. Vol. III. pp. 20–22.]
[363] Ps. xlix. 18. [This chapter bears on modern theatres.]
[364] [The ludi Atellani were so called from Atella, in Campania, where a vast amphitheatre delighted the inhabitants. Juvenal, Sat. vi. 71. The like disgrace our times.]
[365] [See Kaye, p. 11. This expression is thought to confirm the probability of Tertullian’s original Gentilism.]
[368] [De Cælo in Cænum: (sic) Oehler.]
[369] [The exorcism. For the exorcism in Baptism, see Bunsen, Hippol. iii. 19.]
[370] See Neander’s explanation in Kaye, p. xxiii. But, let us observe the entire simplicity with which our author narrates a sort of incident known to the apostles. Acts xvi. 16.]
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