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Introductory Note.

[594] De Superstitione.

Chapter IX.—The Christians are Not the Cause of Public Calamities: There Were Such Troubles Before Christianity.

[595] Comp. The Apology, cc. xl. xli. [And Augustine, Civ. Dei. iii.]

[596] By the “manceps erroris” he means the devil.

[597] Libitina.

[598] Christianorum meritum, which with “sit” may also, “Let the Christians have their due.” In The Apology the cry is, “Christianos ad leonem.”

[599] We insert this after Oehler. Tertullian’s words are, “Quasi modicum habeant aut aliud metuere qui Deum verum.”

[600] See above, c. vii.

[601] Sæculum digessit.

[602] Aliter vobis renuntiata.

[603] Absolutum est.

Chapter X.—The Christians are Not the Only Contemners of the Gods. Contempt of Them Often Displayed by Heathen Official Persons. Homer Made the Gods Contemptible.

[604] Comp. The Apology, cc. xii. xiii. xiv. xv.

[605] See The Apology (passim), especially cc. xvi.–xxiv., xxx.–xxxvi., and xxxix.

[606] Admentationibus.

[607] Plane.

[608] Traditum.

[609] Vel.

[610] Perinde a vobis.

[611] Quibus est.

[612] Adsolaverunt, “thrown to the ground;” “floored.”

[613] Sectam. [Rather—“A Christian secession.”]

[614] Perhibetis.

 

 

 

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