Ante-Nicene Fathers • VOLUME 6
Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others
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[4625] Lit., "with vicarious substitution for." [A very pertinent question as to the images worshipped in Rome to this day. There is one Mad
[4625] Lit., "with vicarious substitution for." [A very pertinent question as to the images worshipped in Rome to this day. There is one Madonna of African hue and features. See also Murray's Handbook, Italy, p. 72.] [4626] The ms. reads effi-gitur, corrected as above, effin., in all edd. except Hild., who reads efficitur--"is …
2,211 wordsSECTION 242[4665] So Gelenius and Canterus, reading et for ms. est.
[4665] So Gelenius and Canterus, reading et for ms. est. [4666] Lit., "with exertion of immense strength." [4667] ms. Pantarches. This was a very common mode of expressing love among the ancients, the name of the loved one being carved on the bark of trees (as if the Loves or the mountain nymphs had done it), on walls, doors, …
2,200 wordsSECTION 243[4708] Lit., "the sacred dedication."
[4708] Lit., "the sacred dedication." [4709] Lit., "concealed in the restraint of." [4710] The ms. reads inrogati (the next letter being erased, having probably been s redundant) si inviti, corrected in the margin of Ursinus and Oehler, as above, -tis in. [4711] Lit., "with the assent of voluntary compliance." "Do you say," o…
2,482 wordsSECTION 244[4737] Cf. p. 315, n. 2, supra.
[4737] Cf. p. 315, n. 2, supra. [4738] So Clemens narrates; but Thucydides (iv. 133) says that "straightway Chrysis flees by night for refuge to Phlious, fearing the Argives;" while Pausanius (ii. 59) says that she fled to Tegea, taking refuge there at the altar of Minerva Alea. [4739] From Varro's being mentioned, Oehler thin…
1,417 wordsSECTION 245Book VII.
Book VII. ------------------------ 1. Since it has been sufficiently shown, as far as there has been opportunity, how vain it is to form images, the course of our argument requires that we should next speak as briefly as possible, and without any periphrasis, about sacrifices, about the slaughter and immolation of victims, abo…
2,307 wordsSECTION 246[4794] So the ms., LB., Oberthür, Orelli, Hild., and Oehler, reading consec-, for which the rest read consen-taneum est credere--"it is fitt
[4794] So the ms., LB., Oberthür, Orelli, Hild., and Oehler, reading consec-, for which the rest read consen-taneum est credere--"it is fitting to believe." [4795] Lit., "motion of anything." [4796] Cf. i. 18. 6. But let us allow, as you wish, that the gods are accustomed to such disturbance, and that sacrifices are offered a…
2,804 wordsSECTION 247[4818] Lit., "it is a thing of long and much speech."
[4818] Lit., "it is a thing of long and much speech." [4819] Lit., "the fortunes of perils." [4820] The ms. reading is hoc est unus, corrected honestus--"honourable" (which makes the comparison pointless, because there is no reason why a rich man, if good, should not be succored as well as a poor), in all edd., except Oehler, …
2,293 wordsSECTION 248[4845] [The wit of Arnobius must be acknowledged in this scorching satire. Compare the divine ordinances, Exod. xxix. 13, 14.]
[4845] [The wit of Arnobius must be acknowledged in this scorching satire. Compare the divine ordinances, Exod. xxix. 13, 14.] [4846] Lit., "by slaughters of," cædibus. [4847] Lit., "under," i.e., under the sacrifices on your altars. [4848] So all edd., reading cerne-, except both Roman edd., Hild., and Oehler, who retain the…
2,280 wordsSECTION 249Then, supposing that we should agree with you that the gods promote good fortune and calamity, not even in this case is there any reason why
Then, supposing that we should agree with you that the gods promote good fortune and calamity, not even in this case is there any reason why you should allure some of them to grant you prosperity, and, on the other hand, coax others with sacrifices and rewards not to do you harm. First, because the good gods cannot act badly, ev…
2,345 wordsSECTION 25028. Will any one say that incense is given to the celestials, for this reason, that it has a sweet smell, and imparts a pleasant sensation t
28. Will any one say that incense is given to the celestials, for this reason, that it has a sweet smell, and imparts a pleasant sensation to the nose, while the rest are disagreeable, and have been set aside because of their offensiveness? Do the gods, then, have nostrils with which to breathe? do they inhale and respire curren…
2,355 wordsSECTION 251[4916] Symphoniæ. Evidently musical instruments; but while Isidore speaks of them as a kind of drum, other writers call them trumpets and pi
[4916] Symphoniæ. Evidently musical instruments; but while Isidore speaks of them as a kind of drum, other writers call them trumpets and pipes. [4917] At daybreak on opening, and at night on closing the temple, the priests of Isis sang hymns in praise of the goddess (cf. Jos. Scaliger, Castigationes ad Cat., etc., p. 132); and…
2,229 wordsSECTION 252[4942] 50 in Orelli.
[4942] 50 in Orelli. [4943] It is important to notice the evidence in this one sentence of haste and want of revision. In the first line we find a genitive (discordiarum--"dissensions"), but not the noun on which it depends; and in the apodosis a verb (disjunctas esse--"have been removed," i.e., "are remote") has no subject, al…
2,451 wordsSECTION 253[4973] 39 in Orelli.
[4973] 39 in Orelli. [4974] So all edd., rejecting s from ms. contemptu-s. [4975] Lit., "draughts of air." [4976] So, by omitting two letters, all edd. except 1st and Ursinus, which retain ms. adult-er-ae--"adulterous." [4977] Lit., "light." 43. [4978] If Jupiter sought to have his games celebrated, and that afresh, [4979] …
2,214 wordsSECTION 254[5001] Anguem.
[5001] Anguem. [5002] Serpentem. [5003] Lit., "bearing himself on feet, nor unfolding below his own goings." [5004] Lit., "to a." [5005] So Hild. and Oehler, reading labefac-t-amusfor the ms. -i-. [5006] This sentence alone is sufficient to prove that these chapters were never carefully revised by their author, as otherwise…
2,209 wordsSECTION 255For who, in the first place, thinks or believes that those are gods who are lost in joyful pleasure at theatrical shows [5037] and ballets,
For who, in the first place, thinks or believes that those are gods who are lost in joyful pleasure at theatrical shows [5037] and ballets, at horses running to no purpose; who set out from heaven to behold silly and insipid acting, and grieve that they are injured, and that the honours due to them are withheld if the pantomimis…
2,294 wordsSECTION 256De Maistre responds as follows: This dogma is universal, and as old as creation; viz., the reversibility of the sufferings of innocence for
De Maistre responds as follows: This dogma is universal, and as old as creation; viz., the reversibility of the sufferings of innocence for the benefit of the guilty. As to the fall of man, "earth felt the wound;" [5058] "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth [5059] in pain together." In this condition of things the human h…
2,094 wordsSECTION 257* aeri: [1421]1 * aer: [1422]1 [1423]2 * aidios aidiou: [1424]1 * arrhuthmous: [1425]1 * agathon: [1426]1 * agelarches: [1427]1 * agraphos:
* aeri: [1421]1 * aer: [1422]1 [1423]2 * aidios aidiou: [1424]1 * arrhuthmous: [1425]1 * agathon: [1426]1 * agelarches: [1427]1 * agraphos: [1428]1 * agonothetes: [1429]1 * adiplasiastos: [1430]1 * adunatia: [1431]1 * aeides: [1432]1 * athaetous: [1433]1 * athetous: [1434]1 * atheatous: [1435]1 * atheoteta: [1436]1 * athlious: […
6,150 wordsSECTION 258Index of French Words and Phrases
Index of French Words and Phrases * à nous autres: [2801]1 * Allemagne.: [2802]1 * C'est l'Église, tout éclatante de la lumière de J. C.,: [2803]1 * Considerations sur la France: [2804]1 * Préface sur l'Apocal: [2805]1 * adieu: [2806]1 Index of Pages of the Print Edition [2807]i [2808]iii [2809]v [2810]vi [2811]1 [2812]3 [281…
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