The Conflict of Christianity With Heathenism
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. . . Since then 3^ou are universally termed pious and j)hilosophers and guardians of justice and lovers of learning, it shall now be seen whether you are indeed such. For we have not come to flatter you by these writings of ours, nor to seek to please by our address ; but to make our claim to be judged after a strict and searching inquirj^ ; so that neither by preju- dice nor desire of popularity from the superstitious, nor by any unthinking impulse of zeal, nor by that evil report which has s...o long kept possession of your minds, you may be urged to give a decision against ^^ourselves.
For it is our maxim that we can suffer harm from none, unless we be convicted as doers of evil, or proved to be wicked. You may, indeed, slay us, but hurt us you can- not. But, lest any should say that this is a senseless and rash assertion, I entreat that the charges against us maj^ be examined ; and, if they be substantiated, let us be punished as is right. But if no man can convict us of any crime, true reason does not allow jou through a wicked report to wrong the innocent, or rather your- selves, who are disposed to direct affairs not by judg- ment but by passion." ^^ This plea was well founded; and the Christians were too fully persuaded of the jus- tice of their cause, not to expect justice from an Em- Hosted by LjOOQ IC 282 PERSECUTION UNDER M.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
. . . Since then 3^ou are universally termed pious and j)hilosophers and guardians of justice and lovers of learning, it shall now be seen whether you are indeed such. For we have not come to flatter you by these writings of ours, nor to seek to please by our address ; but to make our claim to be judged after a strict and searching inquirj^ ; so that neither by preju- dice nor desire of popularity from the superstitious, nor by any unthinking impulse of zeal, nor by that evil report which has s...o long kept possession of your minds, you may be urged to give a decision against ^^ourselves.
For it is our maxim that we can suffer harm from none, unless we be convicted as doers of evil, or proved to be wicked. You may, indeed, slay us, but hurt us you can- not. But, lest any should say that this is a senseless and rash assertion, I entreat that the charges against us maj^ be examined ; and, if they be substantiated, let us be punished as is right. But if no man can convict us of any crime, true reason does not allow jou through a wicked report to wrong the innocent, or rather your- selves, who are disposed to direct affairs not by judg- ment but by passion." ^^ This plea was well founded; and the Christians were too fully persuaded of the jus- tice of their cause, not to expect justice from an Em- Hosted by LjOOQ IC 282 PERSECUTION UNDER M.
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