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Book VI.
Chapter I.
In beginning this our
sixth book, we desire, my reverend Ambrosius, to answer in it those
accusations which Celsus brings against the Christians, not, as
might be supposed, those objections which he has adduced from
writers on philosophy. For he has quoted a considerable
number of passages, chiefly from Plato, and has placed alongside of
these such declarations of holy Scripture as are fitted to impress even
the intelligent mind; subjoining the assertion that “these things
are stated much better among the Greeks (than in the Scriptures), and
in a manner which is free from all exaggerations4279
and promises on the part of God, or the Son
of God.” Now we maintain, that if it is the object of the
ambassadors of the truth to confer benefits upon the greatest possible
number, and, so far as they can, to win over to its side, through their
love to men, every one without exception—intelligent as well as
simple—not Greeks only, but also Barbarians (and great, indeed,
is the humanity which should succeed in converting the rustic and the
ignorant4280
| 4280 πολὺ δὲ τὸ
ἥμερον
ἐὰν…οἷος τέ
τις γένηται
ἐπιστρέφειν. | ), it is manifest
that they must adopt a style of address fitted to do good to all, and
to gain over to them men of every sort. Those, on the other hand,
who turn away4281
| 4281 πολλὰ
χαίρειν
φράσαντες. | from the ignorant
as being mere slaves,4282
and unable to
understand the flowing periods of a polished and logical discourse, and
so devote their attention solely to such as have been brought up
amongst literary pursuits,4283
| 4283 καὶ μὴ οἷοί
τε
κατακούειν
τῆς ἐν φράσει
λόγων καὶ
τάξει
ἀπαγγελλομένων
ἀκολουθίας,
μόνων
ἐφρόντισαν
τῶν
ἀνατραφέντων
ἐν λόγοις καὶ
μαθήυασιν. | confine their views
of the public good within very strait and narrow limits.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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