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To the Nations (Ad Nationes)

Tertullian, ANF 3

1. Book 1, The Hatred Felt by the Heathen Against the Christians is Unjust, Because Based on…
2. Book 1, The Heathen Perverted Judgment in the Trial of Christians. They Would Be More…
3. Book 1, The Great Offence in the Christians Lies in Their Very Name. The Name Vindicated
4. Book 1, The Truth Hated in the Christians; So in Measure Was It, of Old, in Socrates. The…
5. Book 1, The Inconsistent Life of Any False Christian No More Condemns True Disciples of…
6. Book 1, The Innocence of the Christians Not Compromised by the Iniquitous Laws Which Were…
7. Book 1, The Christians Defamed. A Sarcastic Description of Fame; Its Deception and…
8. Book 1, The Calumny Against the Christians Illustrated in the Discovery of Psammetichus.…
9. Book 1, The Christians are Not the Cause of Public Calamities: There Were Such Troubles…
10. Book 1, The Christians are Not the Only Contemners of the Gods. Contempt of Them Often…
11. Book 1, 11. The Absurd Cavil of the Ass’s Head Disposed of
12. Book 1, The Charge of Worshipping a Cross. The Heathens Themselves Made Much of Crosses…
13. Book 1, 13. The Charge of Worshipping the Sun Met by a Retort
14. Book 1, The Vile Calumny About Onocoetes Retorted on the Heathen by Tertullian
15. Book 1, 15. The Charge of Infanticide Retorted on the Heathen
16. Book 1, Other Charges Repelled by the Same Method. The Story of the Noble Roman Youth and…
17. Book 1, The Christian Refusal to Swear by the Genius of Cæsar. Flippancy and Irreverence…
18. Book 1, Christians Charged with an Obstinate Contempt of Death. Instances of the Same are…
19. Book 1, If Christians and the Heathen Thus Resemble Each Other, There is Great Difference…
20. Book 1, Truth and Reality Pertain to Christians Alone. The Heathen Counselled to Examine…
21. Book 2, The Heathen Gods from Heathen Authorities. Varro Has Written a Work on the…
22. Book 2, Philosophers Had Not Succeeded in Discovering God. The Uncertainty and Confusion…
23. Book 2, The Physical Philosophers Maintained the Divinity of the Elements; The Absurdity…
24. Book 2, Wrong Derivation of the Word Θεός. The Name Indicative of the True Deity. God…
25. Book 2, The Physical Theory Continued. Further Reasons Advanced Against the Divinity of…
26. Book 2, The Changes of the Heavenly Bodies, Proof that They are Not Divine. Transition…
27. Book 2, The Gods of the Mythic Class. The Poets a Very Poor Authority in Such Matters.…
28. Book 2, The Gods of the Different Nations. Varro’s Gentile Class. Their Inferiority. A…
29. Book 2, The Power of Rome. Romanized Aspect of All the Heathen Mythology. Varro’s…
30. Book 2, A Disgraceful Feature of the Roman Mythology. It Honours Such Infamous Characters…
31. Book 2, The Romans Provided Gods for Birth, Nay, Even Before Birth, to Death. Much…
32. Book 2, The Original Deities Were Human-With Some Very Questionable Characteristics.…
33. Book 2, The Gods Human at First. Who Had the Authority to Make Them Divine? Jupiter Not…
34. Book 2, Gods, Those Which Were Confessedly Elevated to the Divine Condition, What…
35. Book 2, The Constellations and the Genii Very Indifferent Gods. The Roman Monopoly of…
36. Book 2, Inventors of Useful Arts Unworthy of Deification. They Would Be the First to…
37. Book 2, Conclusion, the Romans Owe Not Their Imperial Power to Their Gods. The Great God…
38. Book 2, Appendix: A Fragment Concerning the Execrable Gods of the Heathen
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