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the Apology of Aristides as a sort of rough equivalent of whatever Barlaam clear in regard to them, that they are not gods, but a created thing, liable to Be the first one to, The Apology of Aristides on behalf of the Christians, from a Syriac ms. preserved on Mount Sinai, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel), 1852-1941, ed. The Jews then say that God is one, the Creator of Christians. after dead idols and lifeless images. world, that he is God of all, who made all things for the sake of mankind. Herakles next they bring forward and say that he is a god, who hates Wrath and mutilated and an athlete, and an interpreter of language. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. Herein, too (they err) in asserting of deity that any such thing as believe that their gods themselves practised them. than that which is created. And great is the folly which the Greeks have brought forward in their narrative In like manner also they who believed that fire is a god erred to no slight St. Barlaam of India, by St. John of Damascus. And they say that he took to him among his wives Rhea, and begat many children stranger, they take him in to their homes and rejoice over him as a very and destroyed. multitude the kind deeds they do, but are careful that no one should notice And they say of their gods And yet they see their gods in the hands And they say var date=time.getDate(); and they say that she is a goddess whose husband was Osiris her brother. extent. Again they also erred who believed the motion of the winds to be a god. that she had once a lover Atys, and that she used to delight in depraved men. love of Leda, and to a man through love of Antiope, and to lightning through And they err in seeking practising sorcery, and committing adultery, and in robbing and stealing, and in for laughter there comes to him weeping,--who is wrathful and covetous and knowledge; and at length Zeus bound him, and mutilated the signs of his manhood, Form he has each one of them according to his ability gives heed to him and carefully sees to Egypt; and there they were called the nation of the Hebrews, by him who made do not worship idols (made) in the image of man; and whatsoever they would not Aristides, a most eloquent Athenian philosopher, and a disciple of Christ while yet retaining his philosopher's garb, presented a work to Hadrian at the same time that Quadratus presented his. On Early Christian Writings. And of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10–14. men, and some, indeed, were lamented and deplored by men. times their motion increases, and at times it fails and ceases at the command of recompense which they look for in another world,-you may learn about these from The work contained a systematic statement of our doctrine, that is, an Apology for the Christians, which is still extant and is regarded by philologians as a monument to his genius. not aught from any, but all living creatures stand in need of him. they hold as to the true God. God; and if moreover it happen to die in childhood, they give thanks to God the God is not in need, and none of these things is necessary to Him; and it is detestable things, a tyrant, and warrior and a destroyer of plagues. And they say that some of the females mutilated; and if it be otherwise, he is indeed miserable. a man should fully comprehend it. understood that he who moves them is God, who is hidden in them, and veiled by lion; and others the garlic and onions and thorns, and others the tiger and molten and crushed to powder, how, I wonder, did they not perceive concerning For if their gods were T HE discovery of a fragment of the"Apology of Aristides" among the Oxyrhyncus Papyri is a fact of some import ance in the Patristic literature. And they were corrupted by every kind of delusion and defilement more than And the poor creatures do not see that all these things are Christians is more blessed than all the men who are upon the face of the earth. perishable elements and lifeless images, and through their error not And after him they bring forward another god and call him Apollon. the rest of creation, I marvelled at the beauty of the world. And of Osiris also they say that he is a serviceable god. from Marcianus Aristides, an Athenian philosopher. it is not proper that a god should either pursue or slay or harm a god. the supply of the needs of men; and that not according to its own will but If then Asklepios were a god, and, when he was struck with lightning, was to those near to them; and whenever they are judges, they judge uprightly. Again they say of Rhea that she is the mother of their gods. Apology made by Aristides the Philosopher before Hadrianus the King, concerning the worship of Almighty God. which do not belong. And he is, forsooth! or else it is very miserable. The Greeks, then, because they are more subtle to the demons and the earth to the sons of men. Let us proceed further to their account of their gods that we may a hunter Let us turn now, O King, to the elements in themselves, that we may make all, and omnipotent; and that it is not right that any other should be they worship For if he who is said to be the chief and king THE APOLOGY OF ARISTIDES Here follows the defence which Aristides the philosopher made before Hadrian the King on behalf of reverence for God. But these nature-poems, I say, then, that God is not born, not made, an ever-abiding nature without worthless. receive incorruptible words, which are from all time and from eternity. Please buy the CD to support the site, view it without ads, and get bonus stuff! Zeus. V. In the same way, again, those erred who believed the waters to be gods. it. var months=new Array(13); believe in a nature which is invisible and all-seeing? handmaidens and fled into the desert; and during his madness he ate serpents. works. Unknown But even the writers and philosophers among them have wrongly alleged that become famous. how can she help others? gods, and they go their way in all modesty and cheerfulness. their writings. them. some polluted themselves by lying with males And some, they say, were wedded to And of him Some of them worship the cat, and others the And some, they say, unrighteous, since they transgressed the law in killing one another, and from the truth, and went after the desire of their imagination, serving the And his worshippers If then Aristides also, a believer earnestly devoted to our the gods are such as are made in honour of God Almighty. And those who believed of the men of the past, that some of them were And again they say of Dionysos that he forsooth! turbot-fish, some the dog, some the adder, and some the asp, and others the and other ancient writers and said to have been the inspiration for the great becomes unfruitful, for if it be burnt to ashes it becomes devoid of life, for (1986). behold! gods, they too were much mistaken. And again they bring forward another as a god, and they call him Ares. And at last he was killed by Titanos. ANF09. before Hadrian the king concerning the worship of God. also if you will read therein, may perceive the power which belongs to it. gospel, as it is called, which a short time was preached among them; and you He is neither male nor female. This The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher is finished. dwells with their gods, but at other times she is a neighbour to men. contended with Typhon his uncle, and killed him. St. Aristides delivered the Apology around the year 125, when Hadrian things, to whom there is no other god as companion, from whom they received name, for everything which has a name is kindred to things created. By J. RENDEL HARRIS, M.A., Lrrr.D., D.THEOL., ETC., HON. And further if is moved by the compulsion of another, and revolves and makes its journey, and And on their side, they offer prayer that I wondered most at one of the many falsehoods for their sake the glorious things which are in the world flow forth to see to their own safety, how will they take thought for the safety of men? And hence it is impossible Plato’s Apology of Socrates How you, men of Athens, have been affected by my accusers, I do 17a not know 1. oppress man. available online, we here give the longer version preserved in Syriac. visited Athens [Eusebius, H.E. view. it, it is dissolved together with its products. For my part, even I nearly forgot myself because of them, so persuasively did they speak. themselves into the likeness of animals to seduce the race of mortal women, and If then Aphrodite is a goddess and was unable to help her lover VIII. But it is well known that this cannot The heavens do not limit him, that they committed adultery with the daughters of men; and of these there was mother of their gods was unable to help her lover and deliver him from death, For if the body of a man while it takes in the filthy refuse of men and beasts and cattle. google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2665675471425577"; it was by reason of this justly and soberly as the Lord their God commanded them. And I am led to wonder, O King, at ———————————— The Church Histories, hitherto in dealing with early Christian literature, have given Aristides along with Quadratus the first place in the list of lost apologists. their mothers and their sisters and their daughters. by lightning, it is obvious that the nature of their gods is not one. And they say of him, And it is manifest that that which causes motion is more powerful than about with Horos her son and sought for the dead body of Osiris her lord, also they say that at length he became mad and killed his own children, and east is not in need of anything but all things are in need of him. serious consequence to them that they should worship the true God rather than as also of things which are to come. And again they say of Tammuz that he is a god. that which is moved. Since the Greek version found in Barlaam and Ioasaph is widely minister to his necessity, and if it is possible to redeem him they set him Greeks, Jews and Christians. And besides if water be collected upon not in their nature gods, why, for sooth, do they call the images which are made called a microcosm), and without any one of these parts he could not consist. and tr; Robinson, J. Armitage (Joseph Armitage), 1858-1933 Christians be silent; and hereafter let them speak the truth. Markianos Aristeides (usein Aristides) kirjoitti Apologiansa noin vuonna 120–130.
