The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire

1021

adv. Marc. ii, 4.

1022

de cor. mil. 15.

1023

de præscr. 40, et si adhuc memini, Mithra signat, etc.

1024

Apol. 18. Hæc et nos risimus aliquando. De vestris sumus.

1025

de test. animæ, 1.

1026

So Arnobius (i, 58, 59) and Augustine felt. Tertullian does not complain of the style himself, but it was a real hindrance to many.

1027

de Pallio, 3, Sed arcana ista nec omnium nosse.

1028

ad Scap. 3.

1029

"The devils entered into the swine." Cf. p. 164.

1030

Pliny to Trajan, 96, 3, pertinaciam et inflexibilem obstinationem.

1031

Marcus Aurelius, xi, 3. Cf. Aristides, Or. 46, who attributes authádeia, to oi en tê Palaistíne dussebeîs.

1032

Hist. August. M. Anton. 16, Erat enim ipse tantæ tranquillitatis ut vultum nunquam mutaverit mærore vel gaudio.

1033

Apol. 50, Illa ipsa obstinatio quam exprobratis magistra est. Quis enim bib contemplatione eius concutitur ad requirendum quid intus in re sit? quis non ubi requisivit accedit? ubi accessit pati exoptat, etc.

1034

ad. Scap. 5. Quisque enim tantam tolerantiam spectans, ut aliquo scrupulo percussus, et inquirere accenditur, quid sit in causa, et ubi cognoverit veritatem et ipse statim sequitur.

1035

Scorpiace, 8 (end).

1036

de testim. animæ, 2. Cf. de cult. fem. ii, 2, Timor fundamentum salutis est.

1037

de Pænitentia, 3.

1038

de Pænit. 40. Quid revolvis? Deus præcipit.

1039

ad Natt. i, 1.

1040

de Idol. 5.

1041

de cor mil. 11, non admittit status fidei necessitates.

1042

de Idol. 12.

1043

de virg. vel. i, Dominus noster Christus veritatem se non consuetudinem cognominavit.

1044

de Idol. 10.

1045

See the correspondence of Ausonius and Paulinus.

1046

Dio Cassius, 67, 14; Suetonius, Domit. 15; Eusebius, E.H. iii, 18. See E. G. Hardy, Studies in Roman History, ch. v., pp. 66, 67.

1047

To obtain evidence – legal in the case of slaves.

1048

de Idol. 17.

1049

Cf. adv. Valentin. 5.

1050

de cor. mil. 13, clavus latus in cruce ipsius. There is a suggestion of a play upon words.

1051

ad Scap. i, opening sentence of the tract.

1052

ad Nat. ii, 1.

1053

Apol. 7. Cf. Scorp. 10, synagogas Judæorum fontes persecutionum.

1054

Cf. de fuga, 12; ad Scap. 5.

1055

Apol. 7.

1056

de fuga, 14, sit tibi et in tribus ecclesia.

1057

ad Scap. 4.

1058

Passio Perpetuæ, 6.

1059

Scorpiace, 1.

1060

Apol. 30.

1061

Scorp. 10.

1062

de anima, 1.

1063

Apol. 16; ad Natt. i, 14.

1064

Scorpiace, 1; the reference is to Moses' bush, nec tamen consumebatur.

1065

Apol. 21.

1066

Scorpiace, 4 (end).

1067

de fuga, 14 (both passages).

1068

de fuga, 14 (both passages).

1069

de pudicitia, 22.

1070

For this cry in various forms see Apol. 40; de res. carn. 22; de exh. castit. 12; de spect. 27, conventus et cætus … illic guotidiani in nos leones expostulantur.

1071

Scorpiace, 11, ecce autem et odio habimur ab omnibus hominibus nominis causa; de anima, 1, non unius urbis sed universi orbis iniquam sententiam sustinens pro nomine veritatis.

1072

Cf. de anima, 1, de patibulo et vivicombirio per omne ingenium crudelitatis exhauriat.

1073

Apol. 50, semen est sanguis Christianorum.

1074

de Bapt. 8.

1075

Ibid. 18.

1076

Ironic chapter in de pudicitia, 1. The edict is a technical term of the state, and the Pontifex Maximus was the Emperor, till Gratian refused the title in 375 A.D.

1077

Scorpiace, 6; cf. de Bapt. 16.

1078

de Bapt. 2.

1079

Ibid. 20.

1080

Ibid. 4.

1081

Ibid. 4.

1082

Cf. p. 102.

1083

de Bapt. 5.

1084

de Spectac. 4; de cor. mil. 3.

1085

de cor. mil. 3, ter mergitamur.

1086

de Bapt. 4.

1087

Ibid. 6.

1088

de Bapt. 8. For other minor details as to food and bathing see de cor. mil. 3.

1089

de Spectac. 4.

1090

de Idol. 6.

1091

de Idol. 11. Cf. Hermas, Mandate, 3, on lying in business.

1092

de Idol. 9.

1093

Ibid. 20.

1094

de cor. mil. 8.

1095

Ibid. 8.

1096

de Idol. 24, inter hos scopulos et sinus, inter hæc vada et freta idololatriæ, velificata spiritu dei fides navigat.

1097

de fuga, 13.

1098

Apol. 4.

1099

Apol. 6.

1100

Gwatkin, The Knowledge of God (Gifford Lectures) ii, p. 163.

1101

ad Natt. i, 5.

1102

Cf. pp. 20-22.

1103

Apol. 17, ita eum vis magnitudinis et notum hominibus obicit et ignotum.

1104

Apol. 21.

1105

Chapters 22 to 24 give a good summary of his views on dæmons.

1106

Celsus refers to Christian discussion of this; Origen, adv. Cels. iii 43.

1107

Cf. ad. Scap. 2, with argument from end of world.

1108

c. 39 vide, inquiunt, ut invicem se diligant.

1109

Epictetus, D. iii, 23.

1110

Clement, Strom. vi, 56, philautía.

1111

de anima, 1.

1112

Cf. de anima, 6, 17, 18, 23, etc.

1113

de Præscr. 7.

1114

adv. Marc. i, 2.

1115

de res. carnis, 2.

1116

de Præscr. 7.

1117

de Præscr. 13.

1118

de Præscr. 15.

1119

de Præscr. 21.

1120

de Præscr. 37, Mea est possessio. Cf. definition which says possessions appellantur agri … qui non mancipatione sed usu tenebantur et ut quisque occupaverat possidebat. Tertullian improves this title as he goes on.

1121

This gibe is in adv. Marc. i, 5; there are plenty without it in adv. Val.

1122

adv. Hermog. 9, iure, beneficio, impetu, id est dominio precario vi.

1123

de carne Christi, 2.

1124

de carne Christi, 5, Quodcunque deo indignum est mihi expedit.

1125

de carne Christi, 5, prorsus credibile est quia ineptum est, … certum est quia impossibile… Quid dimidias mendacio Christum? Totus veritas fuit.

1126

de carne Christi, 9, trepidat perhaps represents the agonía of Luke.

1127

de res. carnis, 51.

1128

de pænit. 1.

1129

de pænit. 12.

1130

Scorpiace, 12

1131

de Idol. 24 (end), Viderimus enim si secundum arcæ typum et corvus et milvus et lupus et canis et serpens in ecclesia erit.

1132

de Pud. 20.

1133

de anima, 9.