A Plea for the Christians
Classic translationAncient Greek original
2nd c. · Apologetics · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
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Contents
- A Plea for the Christians
- 1. Injustice Shown Towards the Christians
- 2. Claim to Be Treated as Others are When Accused
- 3. Charges Brought Against the Christians
- 4. The Christians are Not Atheists, But Acknowledge One Only God
- 5. Testimony of the Poets to the Unity of God
- 6. Opinions of the Philosophers as to the One God
- 7. Superiority of the Christian Doctrine Respecting God
- Chapter 8.—Absurdities of Polytheism
- 9. The Testimony of the Prophets
- 10. The Christians Worship the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
- 11. The Moral Teaching of the Christians Repels the Charge Brought Against Them
- 12. Consequent Absurdity of the Charge of Atheism
- 13. Why the Christians Do Not Offer Sacrifices
- 14. Inconsistency of Those Who Accuse the Christians
- 15. The Christians Distinguish God from Matter
- 16. The Christians Do Not Worship the Universe
- 17. The Names of the Gods and Their Images are But of Recent Date
- 18. The Gods Themselves Have Been Created, as the Poets Confess
- 19. The Philosophers Agree with the Poets Respecting the Gods
- 20. Absurd Representations of the Gods
- 21. Impure Loves Ascribed to the Gods
- Chapter 22.—Pretended Symbolical Explanations
- 23. Opinions of Thales and Plato
- 24. Concerning the Angels and Giants
- 25. The Poets and Philosophers Have Denied a Divine Providence
- 26. The Demons Allure Men to the Worship of Images
- Chapter 27.—Artifices of the Demons
- 28. The Heathen Gods Were Simply Men
- 29. Proof of the Same from the Poets
- 30. Reasons Why Divinity Has Been Ascribed to Men
- 31. Confutation of the Other Charges Brought Against the Christians
- 32. Elevated Morality of the Christians
- 33. Chastity of the Christians with Respect to Marriage
- 34. The Vast Difference in Morals Between the Christians and Their Accusers
- 35. The Christians Condemn and Detest All Cruelty
- 36. Bearing of the Doctrine of the Resurrection on the Practices of the…
- 37. Entreaty to Be Fairly Judged