Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 2054

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[4778] The ms. and edd. read ut in operibus feratur cassis--"so as to be borne among," emended by Hild. and Oehler teratur--"worn away among." [4779] Lit., "in vain errors of inanity." [4780] The ms. and edd. have here forte--"perchance.'" [4781] Lit., "gift of food." [4782] [It must have taken much time to overcome this distaste for the use of incense in Christian minds. Let us wait for the testimony of Lactantius.] [4783] Or perhaps, simply, "the sacrifice is a living one," animalis est hostia. Macrobius, however (Sat., iii. 5), quotes Trebatius as saying that there were two kinds…

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