John, if it so be judged. For, as I said, some reject it, while others include it among
the recognized books.”
Preparation for the Gospel (Inter 314-320 AD):
1, 4
“Persians, when they have become pupils of the Savior, no longer marry their own
mothers. Neither do the Scythians, since the word of Christ has penetrated their
lands, any longer feed on human flesh. Other tribes of barbarians no longer have
unlawful relations with their daughters and sisters; nor do men fall madly in love
with men and indulge those pleasures which are contrary to nature.”
Proof of the Gospel (Inter 316-322 AD):
1, 10
“…when we have a daily celebrating of the memory of His Body and of His Blood,
regarded as worthy of worship and as a sacrifice more sublime than those of
antiquity, then certainly we no longer think that it could be in accord with the
dictates of religion to fall back into those first and weak foreshadowings, which
are symbols and images but which do not embrace the same truth.”
3, 5
“But if (the miracles of Christ) were lies invented according to a mutual
agreement among (His disciples), what a wonder it is that such a number were
able to keep to their agreement about their fabrication, even in the face of death,
and that no coward among them ever retired from the association and made a
premature repudiation of the things agreed upon; nor did they ever announce
anything in contradiction to the others, bringing to light what had been put
together among themselves.”
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