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Chapter II.
Celsus next proceeds to say, that the system of
doctrine, viz., Judaism, upon which Christianity depends, was barbarous
in its origin. And with an appearance of fairness, he does not
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because of its
origin among barbarians, but gives the latter credit for their ability
in discovering (such) doctrines. To this, however, he adds the
statement, that the Greeks are more skilful than any others in judging,
establishing, and reducing to practice the discoveries of barbarous
nations. Now this is our answer to his allegations, and our
defence of the truths contained in Christianity, that if any one were
to come from the study of Grecian opinions and usages to the Gospel, he
would not only decide that its doctrines were true, but would by
practice establish their truth, and supply whatever seemed wanting,
from a Grecian point of view, to their demonstration, and thus confirm
the truth of Christianity. We have to say, moreover, that the
Gospel has a demonstration of its own, more divine than any established
by Grecian dialectics. And this diviner method is called by the
apostle the “manifestation of the Spirit and of power:” of
“the Spirit,” on account of the prophecies, which are
sufficient to produce faith in any one who reads them, especially in
those things which relate to Christ; and of “power,”
because of the signs and wonders which we must believe to have been
performed, both on many other grounds, and on this, that traces of them
are still preserved among those who regulate their lives by the precepts of the
Gospel.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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