Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — [3941] Lit., "are unwilling to admit into their ear the reading of opinions," etc.
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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[3942] Both Christians and heathen, it is probable, were concerned in the mutilation of de Nat. Deorum. [3943] So Gelenius, reading dicta for the ms. dictitare. The last verb is comprobate, read reprobate--"condemn," by all edd. except Hild. and Oehler. __________________________________________________________________ 8. And yet, that no thoughtless person may raise a false accusation against us, as though we believed God whom we worship to be male,--for this reason, that is, that when we speak of Him we use a masculine word,--let him understand that it is not sex which is expressed,…
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