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Introductory Note.

[458] [As a recapitulation I insert this here to close this class of argument for the reasons following.] This treatise resembles The Apology, both in its general purport as a vindication of Christianity against heathen prejudice, and in many of its expressions and statements. So great is the resemblance that this shorter work has been thought by some to have been a first draft of the longer and perfect one. Tertullian, however, here addresses his expostulations to the general public, while in The Apology it is the rulers and magistrates of the empire whom he seeks to influence. [Dr. Allix conjectures the date of this treatise to be about a.d. 217. See Kaye, p. 50.]

Chapter I.—The Hatred Felt by the Heathen Against the Christians is Unjust, Because Based on Culpable Ignorance.

[459] Compare The Apology, c. i.

[460] Revincit. “Condemnat” is Tertullian’s word in The Apology, i.

[461] Defendit. “Excusat” in Apol.

[462] Non licet rectius suspicari.

[463] Non lubet propius experiri.

[464] At quin.

[465] Nisi si.

[466] Emendari pudet.

[467] Excusari piget.

[468] Redundantiæ nostræ.

[469] Bona fide.

[470] Pro extremitatibus temporum.

[471] Or perhaps, “to maintain evil in preference to good.”

[472] Certe.

[473] Pristinorum. In the corresponding passage (Apol. i.) the phrase is, “nisi plane retro non fuisse,” i.e., “except that he was not a Christian long ago.”

[474] Cessat.

Chapter II.—The Heathen Perverted Judgment in the Trial of Christians. They Would Be More Consistent If They Dispensed with All Form of Trial. Tertullian Urges This with Much Indignation.

[475] Comp. c. ii. of The Apology.

[476] Ipsi.

[477] Gratis reum.

[478] Sane.

 

 

 

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