Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume II/TATIAN/Address to the Greeks

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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. II, Tatian by Tatian, translated by Jonathon Edwards Ryland Address to the Greeks

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Address of Tatian to the Greeks.

Contents

• Chapter I. The Greeks Claim, Without Reason, the Invention of the Arts.
• Chapter II. The Vices and Errors of the Philosophers.
• Chapter III. Ridicule of the Philosophers.
• Chapter IV. The Christians Worship God Alone.
• Chapter V. The Doctrine of the Christians as to the Creation of the World.
• Chapter VI. Christians' Belief in the Resurrection.
• Chapter VII. Concerning the Fall of Man.
• Chapter VIII. The Demons Sin Among Mankind.
• Chapter IX. They Give Rise to Superstitions.
• Chapter X. Ridicule of the Heathen Divinities.
• Chapter XI. The Sin of Men Due Not to Fate, But to Free-Will.
• Chapter XII. The Two Kinds of Spirits.
• Chapter XIII. Theory of the Soul's Immortality.
• Chapter XIV. The Demons Shall Be Punished More Severely Than Men.
• Chapter XV. Necessity of a Union with the Holy Spirit.
• Chapter XVI. Vain Display of Power by the Demons.
• Chapter XVII. They Falsely Promise Health to Their Votaries.
• Chapter XVIII. They Deceive, Instead of Healing.
• Chapter XIX. Depravity Lies at the Bottom of Demon-Worship.
• Chapter XX. Thanks are Ever Due to God.
• Chapter XXI. Doctrines of the Christians and Greeks Respecting God Compared.
• Chapter XXII. Ridicule of the Solemnities of the Greeks.
• Chapter XXIII. Of the Pugilists and Gladiators.
• Chapter XXIV. Of the Other Public Amusements.
• Chapter XXV. Boastings and Quarrels of the Philosophers.
• Chapter XXVI. Ridicule of the Studies of the Greeks.
• Chapter XXVII. The Christians are Hated Unjustly.
• Chapter XXVIII. Condemnation of the Greek Legislation.
• Chapter XXIX. Account of Tatian's Conversion.
• Chapter XXX. How He Resolved to Resist the Devil.
• Chapter XXXI. The Philosophy of the Christians More Ancient Than that of the Greeks.
• Chapter XXXII. The Doctrine of the Christians, is Opposed to Dissensions, and Fitted for All.
• Chapter XXXIII. Vindication of Christian Women.
• Chapter XXXIV. Ridicule of the Statues Erected by the Greeks.
• Chapter XXXV. Tatian Speaks as an Eye-Witness.
• Chapter XXXVI. Testimony of the Chaldeans to the Antiquity of Moses.
• Chapter XXXVII. Testimony of the Phœnicians.
• Chapter XXXVIII. The Egyptians Place Moses in the Reign of Inachus.
• Chapter XXXIX. Catalogue of the Argive Kings.
• Chapter XL. Moses More Ancient and Credible Than the Heathen Heroes.
• Chapter XLI.
• Chapter XLII. Concluding Statement as to the Author.