The Lantern

The Preparation of the Gospel · BOOK 11

CCEL

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