Contents
- Book I
- The Hatred Felt by the Heathen Against the Christians is Unjust, Because Based…
- The Heathen Perverted Judgment in the Trial of Christians. They Would Be More…
- The Great Offence in the Christians Lies in Their Very Name. The Name Vindicated
- The Truth Hated in the Christians; So in Measure Was It, of Old, in Socrates…
- The Inconsistent Life of Any False Christian No More Condemns True Disciples of…
- The Innocence of the Christians Not Compromised by the Iniquitous Laws Which…
- The Christians Defamed. A Sarcastic Description of Fame; Its Deception and…
- The Calumny Against the Christians Illustrated in the Discovery of…
- The Christians Are Not the Cause of Public Calamities: There Were Such Troubles…
- The Christians Are Not the Only Contemners of the Gods. Contempt of Them Often…
- The Absurd Cavil of the Ass's Head Disposed Of
- The Charge of Worshipping a Cross. The Heathens Themselves Made Much of Crosses…
- The Charge of Worshipping the Sun Met by a Retort
- The Vile Calumny About Onocoetes Retorted on the Heathen by Tertullian
- The Charge of Infanticide Retorted on the Heathen
- Other Charges Repelled by the Same Method. The Story of the Noble Roman Youth…
- The Christian Refusal to Swear by the Genius of Cæsar. Flippancy and…
- Christians Charged With an Obstinate Contempt of Death. Instances of the Same…
- If Christians and the Heathen Thus Resemble Each Other, There is Great…
- Truth and Reality Pertain to Christians Alone. The Heathen Counselled to…
- Book II
- The Heathen Gods From Heathen Authorities. Varro Has Written a Work on the…
- Philosophers Had Not Succeeded in Discovering God. The Uncertainty and…
- The Physical Philosophers Maintained the Divinity of the Elements; The…
- Wrong Derivation of the Word Qeός. The Name Indicative of the True Deity. God…
- The Physical Theory Continued. Further Reasons Advanced Against the Divinity of…
- The Changes of the Heavenly Bodies, Proof That They Are Not Divine. Transition…
- The Gods of the Mythic Class. The Poets a Very Poor Authority in Such Matters…
- The Gods of the Different Nations. Varro's Gentile Class. Their Inferiority. A…
- The Power of Rome. Romanized Aspect of All the Heathen Mythology. Varro's…
- A Disgraceful Feature of the Roman Mythology. It Honours Such Infamous…
- The Romans Provided Gods for Birth, Nay, Even Before Birth, to Death. Much…
- The Original Deities Were Human--With Some Very Questionable Characteristics…
- The Gods Human at First. Who Had the Authority to Make Them Divine? Jupiter Not…
- Gods, Those Which Were Confessedly Elevated to the Divine Condition, What…
- The Constellations and the Genii Very Indifferent Gods. The Roman Monopoly of…
- Inventors of Useful Arts Unworthy of Deification. They Would Be the First to…
- Conclusion, the Romans Owe Not Their Imperial Power to Their Gods. The Great…
- Appendix: A Fragment Concerning the Execrable Gods of the Heathen
- Elucidation