{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/002/0020448.htm","path":"chr/ecf/002/0020448.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/002/0020448.htm","text":"Atheists, Christians not such, 130.\ncharge retorted on heathen, 131.\nabsurdity of this charge, 134.\nAthenagoras, his place among primitive apologists, 125.\na trophy of St. Paul\u2019s preaching, 125.\nhis writings harmonized with Justin Martyr and others, by Bishop Kaye, 126.\nnotes of Gesner and Stephans, 126.\nno historical information concerning him, 127.\nrare mention of his name in history, 127.\nbeauty and merit of his writings, 127.\nChristianity, at the period of Athenagoras, 125.\nits conflict with heresies, 125.\nSibylline predictions of, 125, 132.\nhis treatise of the resurrection, 149.\nChristians, plea in their behalf addressed to Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 129.\nclaim to legal protection, 130.\nsuperiority of their theology, 132.\nwhy they do not offer sacrifices, 134.\ninconsistency of their accusers, 135.\ndistinguish God from matter, 135.\ndo not worship the universe, 136.\ncalumnies against, confuted, 145.\ncontrasted with their accusers, 147.\nabolish gladiatorial shows, 147.\nrefuse worship to the emperors, 148.\nDigestion and nutrition consistent with resurrection, 151.\nDivine Providence denied by the poets and philosophers, 142.\nvaluable editorial labours, 125.\nlack of sympathy with the primitive writers, 126.\nGod, testimony of the poets to unity, 131.\nopinions of philosophers concerning, 131.\ndistinguished from matter, 135.\nabsurd representations of gods, 138.\nimpure ideas concerning the gods, 138.\npretended explanations of mythology, 140.\nHuman flesh, not the proper food of man, 153.\nnecessary to soul and body, 158.\nMan, argument from his nature, 156.\nand from changes in his life, 158.\nand from his liability to judgment, 160.\nand from such good and evil, 161.\nand from laws of his nature, 161.\nand from the objects of his existence, 162.\nMarriage, chastity of Christians with respect to, 146.\nPhilosophers, opinions of, 131.\nPlato and Pythagoras sustain the possibility of resurrection, 148.\ndescribe the gods as originally men, 144.\nPolytheism, absurdities of, 132.\ncanibalism no impediment, 153.\nwill of the Creator concerning, 154.\nargument from man\u2019s nature, 156.\nfrom changes in man\u2019s life, 158.\nif none, man less favoured than brutes, 159.\nSt. Paul, his preaching on Mars Hill, 125.\nSibyl, prediction of Christianity, 125, 132.\nSoul and body, judgment of, 158.\nTelemachus, heroic history of, 147.\nUniverse, not worshipped by Christians, 136.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol II: Subject Indexes: Athenagoras","type":"page"}