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In after times indeed we find Caecilius in Minutius Felix charging the Christians with worshipping the head of an Ass; a Slander raised against them from the Doctrine of the Gnosticks, of whom Epiphanius tells us, that giving the name of NONLATINALPHABET to one of their Celestial principalities, some of them describ'd him under the figure of an Ass, and some under that of an Hog, either of them Deities suitable to the Doctrine and Practices of those Pseudo-Christians; but for their monstrous Crimes, the true Christians (such was the injustice of their Pagan Adversaries) were forc'd to suffer. |
In After times indeed we find Caecilius in Minutius Felix charging the Christians with worshipping the head of an Ass; a Slander raised against them from the Doctrine of the Gnostics, of whom Epiphanius tells us, that giving the name of to one of their Celestial principalities, Some of them described him under the figure of an Ass, and Some under that of an Hog, either of them Deities suitable to the Doctrine and Practices of those Pseudo-Christians; but for their monstrous Crimes, the true Christians (such was the injustice of their Pagan Adversaries) were forced to suffer. |
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