Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 1826
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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[3961] So later edd., omitting quam, which is read in the ms., both Roman edd., Hild., and Oehler, "to think much more...than you believe." __________________________________________________________________ 12. Thus far of sex. Now let us come to the appearance and shapes by which you believe that the gods above have been represented, with which, indeed, you fashion, and set them up in their most splendid abodes, your temples. And let no one here bring up against us Jewish fables and those of the sect of the Sadducees, [3962] as though we, too, attribute to the Deity forms; [3963] for …
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