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| Chapter XLII. Concluding Statement as to the Author.
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Chapter XLII.—Concluding Statement as to the Author.
These things, O Greeks, I Tatian, a disciple of
the barbarian philosophy,516
| 516
[Comp. cap. xxix. p. 77, supra.] | have composed for
you. I was born in the land of the Assyrians, having been first instructed
in your doctrines,
and afterwards in those which I now
undertake to proclaim. Henceforward, knowing who God is and what is
His work, I present myself to you prepared for an examination517
| 517 [Compare the boastful
Rousseau: “Que la trompette
du jugement sonne quand elle voudra, je viendrai ce livra a
la main, me presenter devant le souverain Juge.”
Confessions, livre i. p. 2.] | concerning my doctrines,
while I adhere immoveably to that mode of life which is according
to God.518
| 518 [“Adhere
immoveably.” Alas! “let him that thinketh he
standeth”, etc. But I cannot part with Tatian nor think of
Tertullian without recalling David’s threnode: “There the
shield of the mighty is vilely cast away … . I am distressed for
thee, my brother: … very pleasant hast thou been unto me …
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!” Our
own sad times have taught us similar lamentations for some who seemed for
a time to be “burning and shining lights.” God be merciful
to poor frail men.] |
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