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Chapter XXIV.—Varieties of heathen
worship.
In the first place [we furnish
proof], because, though we say things similar to what the Greeks say, we
only are hated on account of the name of Christ, and though we do no
wrong, are put to death as sinners; other men in other places worshipping
trees and rivers, and mice and cats and crocodiles, and many irrational
animals. Nor are the same animals esteemed by all; but in one place one
is worshipped, and another in another, so that all are profane in the
judgment of one another, on account of their not worshipping the same
objects. And this is the sole accusation you bring against us, that we do
not reverence the same gods as you do, nor offer to the dead libations
and the savour of fat, and crowns for their statues,1816
1816 ἐν γραφαῖς στεφάνους. The
only conjecture which seems at all probable is that of the Benedictine
editor followed here. [Grabe after Salmasius reads ἐν ῥαφαῖς and quotes
Martial, Sutilis aptetur rosa crinibus. Translate,
“patch-work garlands.”] | and sacrifices. For you
very well know that the same animals are with some esteemed gods, with
others wild beasts, and with others sacrificial victims.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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