Ad Nationes
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3rd c. · Apologetics · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
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Contents
- Book 1
- 1. The Hatred Felt by the Heathen Against the Christians is Unjust, Because…
- 2. The Heathen Perverted Judgment in the Trial of Christians. They Would Be…
- 3. The Great Offence in the Christians Lies in Their Very Name. The Name…
- 4. The Truth Hated in the Christians; So in Measure Was It, of Old, in…
- 5. The Inconsistent Life of Any False Christian No More Condemns True Disciples…
- 6. The Innocence of the Christians Not Compromised by the Iniquitous Laws Which…
- 7. The Christians Defamed. A Sarcastic Description of Fame; Its Deception and…
- 8. The Calumny Against the Christians Illustrated in the Discovery of…
- 9. The Christians are Not the Cause of Public Calamities: There Were Such…
- 10. The Christians are Not the Only Contemners of the Gods. Contempt of Them…
- 11. The Absurd Cavil of the Ass’s Head Disposed of
- 12. The Charge of Worshipping a Cross. The Heathens Themselves Made Much of…
- 13. The Charge of Worshipping the Sun Met by a Retort
- 14. The Vile Calumny About Onocoetes Retorted on the Heathen by Tertullian
- 15. The Charge of Infanticide Retorted on the Heathen
- 16. Other Charges Repelled by the Same Method. The Story of the Noble Roman…
- 17. The Christian Refusal to Swear by the Genius of Cæsar. Flippancy and…
- Christians Charged With an Obstinate Contempt of Death. Instances of the Same…
- 19. If Christians and the Heathen Thus Resemble Each Other, There is Great…
- 20. Truth and Reality Pertain to Christians Alone. The Heathen Counselled to…
- Book 2
- 1. The Heathen Gods from Heathen Authorities. Varro Has Written a Work on the…
- 2. Philosophers Had Not Succeeded in Discovering God. The Uncertainty and…
- 3. The Physical Philosophers Maintained the Divinity of the Elements; The…
- Wrong Derivation of the Word Θεός. The Name Indicative of the True Deity. God…
- 5. The Physical Theory Continued. Further Reasons Advanced Against the Divinity…
- 6. The Changes of the Heavenly Bodies, Proof that They are Not Divine…
- 7. The Gods of the Mythic Class. The Poets a Very Poor Authority in Such…
- 8. The Gods of the Different Nations. Varro’s Gentile Class. Their Inferiority…
- 9. The Power of Rome. Romanized Aspect of All the Heathen Mythology. Varro’s…
- 10. A Disgraceful Feature of the Roman Mythology. It Honours Such Infamous…
- 11. The Romans Provided Gods for Birth, Nay, Even Before Birth, to Death. Much…
- 12. The Original Deities Were Human—With Some Very Questionable…
- 13. The Gods Human at First. Who Had the Authority to Make Them Divine? Jupiter…
- 14. Gods, Those Which Were Confessedly Elevated to the Divine Condition, What…
- 15. The Constellations and the Genii Very Indifferent Gods. The Roman Monopoly…
- 16. Inventors of Useful Arts Unworthy of Deification. They Would Be the First…
- 17. Conclusion, the Romans Owe Not Their Imperial Power to Their Gods. The…
- Appendix: A Fragment Concerning the Execrable Gods of the Heathen
- Elucidation