BOOK I
CONTENTS
I. What the treatise on the Gospel promises p 1 a
II. The charges usually brought against us by those who try to slander our doctrines p 4 d
III. That we did not adopt the sentiments of the word of salvation without inquiry p 6 b
IV. Our adoption of belief in the greatest blessings is not uncritical as to time p 9 d
V. We did not forsake the superstitious errors of our fathers without sound reason p 14 b
VI. Primitive theology of Phoenicians and Egyptians p 17 b
VII. Character of the cosmogony of the Greeks p 19 a
VIII. Philosophers' opinions concerning the system of the universe p 22 b
IX. The ancients worshipped no other gods than the celestial luminaries, knowing nothing of the God of the universe, nor even of the erection of carved images, nor of daemons p 27 b
The stories about the gods among other nations are of later introduction p 30 d
X. Theology of the Phoenicians p 33 b