A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §467 · Samuel Strimesius

Annotatio III §.X (4) cont.: No such sneer in Trypho/Celsus/Julian/Porphyry — nor in Justin, Tertullian, Origen, Arnobius, Minucius

Yet we nowhere read that even once from the fiercest enemies — Trypho, Celsus, Julian, Porphyry — who hunted every handle to calumniate Christian dogmas.

Nor from the careful apologists Justin, Tertullian, Origen, Arnobius, Minucius Felix.

Latin

Id quod tamen, vel semel, vel ab ullo hostium Christianæ sectæ infestissimorum, factitatum esse, nullibi, nec in ipsorum (Tryphonis puta, Celsi, Juliani, Porphyrii, omnem profectò ansam Dogmata Christiana calumniosissimè traducendi, quàm studiosè captantium) nec in cujuspiam ex diligentissimis Christianarum veritatum Assertoribus (quales Justinus Martyr, Tertullianus, Origenes, Arnobius & Minutius Felix memorantur) Scriptis Apologeticis expositum legimus.

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