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Chapter
XVII.
He wishes, indeed, to compare the articles of our faith
to those of the Egyptians; “among whom, as you approach their
sacred edifices, are to be seen splendid enclosures, and groves, and
large and beautiful
gateways,3480
| 3480 προπυλαίων
μεγέθη τε καὶ
κάλλη. | and wonderful
temples, and magnificent tents around them, and ceremonies of worship
full of superstition and mystery; but when you have entered, and passed
within, the object of worship is seen to be a cat, or an ape, or a
crocodile, or a goat, or a dog!” Now, what is the
resemblance3481
between us and the
splendours of Egyptian worship which are seen by those who draw near
their temples? And where is the resemblance to those irrational
animals which are worshipped within, after you pass through the
splendid gateways? Are our prophecies, and the God of all things,
and the injunctions against images,3482
| 3482 [Clearly coincident
with Clement and other early Fathers on this head.] | objects of
reverence in the view of Celsus also, and Jesus Christ crucified, the
analogue to the worship of the irrational animal? But if he
should assert this—and I do not think that he will maintain
anything else—we shall reply that we have spoken in the preceding
pages at greater length in defence of those charges affecting Jesus,
showing that what appeared to have happened to Him in the capacity of
His human nature, was fraught with benefit to all men, and with
salvation to the whole world.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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