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[901] Relationibus.
[902] Comp. The Apology, ix. [See, p. 25, Supra.]
[903] Comp. Minucius Felix, Octav. xxi.; Arnobius, adv. Nat. v. 6, 7; Augustine, Civ. Dei, vi. 7.
[904] This is the force of the subjunctive verb.
[905] By divine scandals, he means such as exceed in their atrocity even human scandals.
[906] See above, c. i. [p. 129.]
[907] Municipes. “Their local worshippers or subjects.”
[908] Perceperint.
[909] Literally, “Have men heard of any Nortia belonging to the Vulsinensians?”
[910] Deos decuriones, in allusion to the small provincial senates which in the later times spread over the Roman colonies and municipia.
[911] Privatas.
[912] Compare Suidas, s. v. Σαράπις; Rufinus, Hist. Eccl. ii. 23. As Serapis was Joseph in disguise, so was Joseph a type of Christ, according to the ancient Christians, who were fond of subordinating heathen myths to Christian theology.
[913] Tertullian is not the only writer who has made mistakes in citing from memory Scripture narratives. Comp. Arnobius.
[914] Suggestu.
[915] Modialis.
[916] Super caput esse, i.e., was entrusted to him.
[917] Canem dicaverunt.
[918] Compressa.
[919] Isis; comp. The Apology, xvi. [See p. 31, supra.]
[920] Consecrasse.
[921] Recontrans.
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