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Chapter XII.
He thinks, besides, that those who support the
cause of Christ by a reference to the writings of the prophets can give
no proper answer in regard to statements in them which attribute to God
that which is wicked, shameful, or impure; and assuming that no answer
can be given, he proceeds to draw a whole train of inferences, none of
which can be allowed. But he ought to know that those who wish to
live according to the teaching of sacred Scripture understand the
saying, “The knowledge of the unwise is as talk without
sense,”4696
and have learnt
“to be ready always to give an answer to every one that asketh us
a reason for the hope that is in us.”4697
And they are not satisfied with
affirming that such and such things have been predicted; but they
endeavour to remove any apparent inconsistencies, and to show that, so
far from there being anything evil, shameful, or impure in these
predictions, everything is worthy of being received by those who
understand the sacred Scriptures. But Celsus ought to have
adduced from the prophets examples of what he thought bad, or shameful,
or impure, if he saw any such passages; for then his argument would
have had much more force, and would have furthered his purpose much
better. He gives no instances, however, but contents himself with
loudly asserting the false charge that these things are to be found in
Scripture. There is no reason, then, for us to defend ourselves
against groundless charges, which are but empty sounds, or to take the
trouble of showing that in the writings of the prophets there is
nothing evil, shameful, impure, or abominable.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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