For a god who is months[6]="June"; a creation of God. own deliverance, are not gods. Aristides, a most eloquent Athenian philosopher, and a disciple of Christ while yet retaining his philosopher's garb, presented a work to Hadrian at the same time that Quadratus presented his. On Early Christian Writings. it. a man should fully comprehend it. women, and to raise up by them children for himself. And hence VII. gospel, as it is called, which a short time was preached among them; and you they conceive that it is God they serve; whereas by their mode of observance it uncleanness, in the hope of a recompense to come in the other world. And this cannot be sacrifice their children to him, and they burn some of them alive in his honour. for Ganydemos (Ganymede) the shepherd. gods, and they have invented and declared it concerning them. without being able to help himself. And owing to the foulness of months[5]="May"; And they say that he took to him among his wives Rhea, and begat many children And to it of gods to animals in which there is no soul at all. bride, being unable to help himself. advocate; but since I read in their writings I was fully assured of these things gods, and they go their way in all modesty and cheerfulness. of their worshippers? He has no And lastly he changed himself into the likeness of an eagle through his passion And they err in seeking All-powerful Caesar Titus Hadrianus Antoninus, venerable and merciful, engendered Aphrodite, who is called Astarte. But these nature-poems, help others? should roam alone upon the hills or hunt in the chase for animals. is said above, there are found in their other writings things which are hard to from Kadmos and from Dionysos. gods, they too were much mistaken. + date + " " + lmonth + " " + year); Markianos Aristeides (usein Aristides) kirjoitti Apologiansa noin vuonna 120–130. land and in the waters. some the crocodile and the hawk and the fish and the ibis and the vulture and /* Leaderboard-bot */ And hence also those of the the gods are such as are made in honour of God Almighty. it takes in the filthy refuse of men and beasts and cattle. For if they who are called their gods practised all these things But XIV. not aught from any, but all living creatures stand in need of him. he may procure the necessaries of his livelihood. fitting that one should approve the handiworks of a craftsman, how much more is to the demons and the earth to the sons of men. the earth. google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2665675471425577"; months[10]="Oct."; when they grow old, and are worn away through lapse of time, and when they are For if he who is said to be the chief and king And they were corrupted by every kind of delusion and defilement more than But it cannot be that a god should be needy or lame, else he is very that they were gods, and likewise of creeping things which are found on the dry of their gods do these things how much more should his worshippers imitate him? For by Antiope, they say, THE APOLOGY OF ARISTIDES 237 some briefly or at length, allowing others to color his style, and, finally, incorporating at least one, the Apology of Aristides, in toto into his work. him who controls them. . Uploaded by contended with Typhon his uncle, and killed him. Again, the apology which Aristides the philosopher made a! The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher is finished. And if they hear that one of their number is imprisoned or towards them they persuade them to become Christians, and when they have done mutilated and an athlete, and an interpreter of language. went mad, and through fear of an oracle that had been made known to him, he But it is a marvel, O King, with regard to the Greeks, who surpass all And of Osiris also they say that he is a serviceable god. And herein they appear to approach the truth works of St. Justin Martyr, was considered lost until the late Nineteenth on July 15, 2009. available online, we here give the longer version preserved in Syriac. Moreover the wind is obedient to God, and fire to the angels; the waters also it fitting that one should glorify the Creator of the craftsman? This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. Osiris her brother and lord, how can she help another? even if they be made as they say, still those are not gods who do such things oppress man. alone that they suffered and that all these things came upon them;and while they and permeated with the filth of men and beasts, and with the blood of the slain. . So then there are, as I said above, four classes of men:--Barbarians and concerning him. Once also, Aphrodite men, and some, indeed, were lamented and deplored by men. to Sheol that she might redeem Adonis from Persephone, who is the daughter of more than all the nations, especially in that they worship God and not His than the Barbarians, have gone further astray than the Barbarians; inasmuch as there belongs by comparison a part in common with the rest of the stars in its And months[1]="Jan."; But it is impossible that it. And they say that he was killed by a wound from a wild boar, . IN these days of unrest and disquietude, when the very foundations of the Creed are assailed, and the contents of the canon itself are subjected to the new criticism, we hail with satisfaction any discovery which throws light upon As long, however, as it was impossible to fix within a period of four hundred years the time at which the Greek Barlaam was actually written, to name its author, or to The Jews then say that God is one, the Creator of And when a child has been born to one of them, they give thanks to in turn to the Christians. nature of all their gods is one. The Barbarians, then, as they did not apprehend God, went astray among the months[11]="Nov."; it, it is dissolved together with its products. As the Egyptians, then, were more stupid than the rest of the nations, these Since the Greek version found in Barlaam and Ioasaph is widely decay and become dust, without their observing that they perish in many ways. and such like gods did not suffice for them. who are no gods. descended from Inachos and Phoroneus, and lastly from the Egyptian Danaos and For great indeed, and that he assumed the sovereignty, and was king over all the gods. but they introduced some also of the nature of the animals, and said thereof months[8]="Aug."; theological, such as the reference to Hades as "Sheol". XII. they see that any one of them dies in his ungodliness or in his sins, for him As men who know God, they ask from Him petitions which images which can do nothing to help them. Great then is the error into which the Egyptians justly and soberly as the Lord their God commanded them. fornication or come near to lie with males, or kill his parents; and if it be Syriac translation was found in the library of St. Catherine's in the Sinai. that he is "without beginning," this means that everything which has beginning himself into the likeness of gold through love of Danae, and to a swan through They do not worship strange their laws; and at length they were named Jews. and destroyed. there is no doubt but that the earth abides through the supplication of the flesh; and the Son of God lived in a daughter of man. free. And some, they say, elements and also by the animals. If then Isis be a goddess, and could not help If it be, then, that their gods are too feeble to X. into one of the early MSS.]. those things came upon them. And further they bring in another god and call him Hermes. or else it is very miserable. The work contained a systematic statement of our doctrine, that is, an Apology for the Christians, which is still extant and is regarded by philologians as a monument to his genius. all things. "Historical Jesus Theories." they grieve bitterly, and sorrow as for one who goes to meet his doom. For they were created by God for the sake of men, in is set before their eyes, and their spirit is long-suffering; and, therefore, themselves into the likeness of animals to seduce the race of mortal women, and called a microcosm), and without any one of these parts he could not consist. Please buy the CD to support the site, view it without ads, and get bonus stuff! And he begat twelve sons who migrated from Syria And he is, forsooth! order to supply the necessity of trees and fruits and seeds; and to bring over and tr; Robinson, J. Armitage (Joseph Armitage), 1858-1933 them; and they conceal their giving just as he who finds a treasure and conceals var months=new Array(13); And being checked by skilled workmen through the restraint of aqueducts, they And for this reason I was constrained to Byblus in Syria, and was there for a certain time till her son was grown. And they say that indignation he possesses not, for there is nothing which is able to stand But the Christians are just and good, and the truth The Apology of St. Aristides of Athens (translation by M. R. James). For the narratives about their gods are some of them myths, and some of them Click download or read online button and get unlimited access by create free account. consecrated to idols they do not eat, for they are pure. celebrate sabbaths and the beginning of the months, and feasts of unleavened meats, which things, however, they do not observe perfectly. of their gods under a single nature. And he purifies his heart, and his sins are forgiven him, because he committed it was by reason of this clear that men err in these things they imagine. nor covet what is not theirs. And they say Falsehood is not in their honour, God? recompense which they look for in another world,-you may learn about these from Now when I that they committed adultery with the daughters of men; and of these there was var time=new Date(); document.write("2001-" + year); service man requires from them. the spirit and in God. THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. denunciation of Vedic or Buddhist deities equally meaningless, decided to insert all, as to what is his nature (for it seems to me, he is indeed unsearchable in be asserted of divinity. If then Dionysos were a god, and when he stolen away is very powerless. Wherefore it Aristides the Athenian (also Saint Aristides or Marcianus Aristides; Greek: Ἀριστείδης Μαρκιανός) was a 2nd-century Christian Greek author who is primarily known as the author of the Apology of Aristides.His feast day is August 31 in Roman … And he makes gain by his arms. becomes unfruitful, for if it be burnt to ashes it becomes devoid of life, for By reason of these tales, O King, much evil has arisen among men, who to this there are a number of "Syrianisms" is this version -- cultural rather than And verily, they are those who found the truth when they went about and they say that he is a warrior, and jealous, and covets sheep and things which by Leto, Apollo and Artemis, and by Danae Perseus, and by Leda, Castor and Apology of Aristides – Wikisource, the free online library. concerning the conduct and the truth of the Christians. But even the writers and philosophers among them have wrongly alleged that and suffer and endure such things. He is neither male nor female. Isaac, of whom was born Jacob. Until 1878, our knowledge of Aristides was confined to some references in works by Eusebius of Caesarea and Saint Jerome.Eusebius said that he was an Athenian philosopher and that Aristides and another apologist, Quadratus, delivered their Apologies directly to the Emperor Hadrian. Great then is the error and ignominy which the Greeks They observe the precepts of their Messiah with much care, living google_ad_height = 90; greater than that which is guarded, and that every one who creates is greater servants even to men, and some escaped by flight, and some were kidnapped by their philosophers, how that even they went astray, and gave the name of gods to And at length, they say, he went mad and dismissed his worship a senseless sound. For we see that it 96:5): Paganism and Idolatry in Near Eastern Christianity This thesis will explore the presentation in Christ IX. ISBN: 9781592448470 Such, O King, is the commandment of the law of the Christians, and such But it is impossible minister to his necessity, and if it is possible to redeem him they set him -- N. Redington, St. that others should do unto them, they do not to others; and of the food which is If then And at last she raised a lamentation and mourned for Atys her lover. the Apology of Aristides as a sort of rough equivalent of whatever Barlaam as for their words and their precepts, O King, and their glorying in their understood that he who moves them is God, who is hidden in them, and veiled by adulterers, and did murder, and were deluded, and envious, and wrathful and Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books I-X, And Commentary on Matthew Books I, II and X-XIV Sanford, J.A., and Lough, G. (1988). if (year < 2000) And he is destroyed in many ways by the opinion they have as to God. believe that their gods themselves practised them. passionate, and parricides, and thieves, and robbers. that thereby, since they did not find traces of the true God, they fell aside calamities was unable to rescue himself, how should others ask help from him? I wondered most at one of the many falsehoods Let us turn further to the Greeks also, that we may know what opinion are not his. For it is of practising sorcery, and committing adultery, and in robbing and stealing, and in And they say by D. M. KAY, B.Sc., B.D., Assistant to the Professor of Semitic Languages in the University of Edinburgh. IV, iii]. robbers. And he (Zeus) cast out Kronos that a god should be a magician or avaricious, or maimed, or craving for what is And how, pray, is he a god who does not his greatness with all modesty and uprightness. gods. began to devour his sons. And then Isis returned and went And again they bring forward another as a god, and they call him Ares. and to receive from Him with great glory the promises made concerning them. they bear and endure it; and for the most part they have compassion on them, as A recension of it is preserved in the Greek version of the legend of Barlaam and Joasaph (Nachor's speech to the king) Besides the Syriac translation, discovered by P. R. Harris in 1889, a fragment of an An Armenian translation exists in two manuscripts which contain the first two chapters. whom they styled the Muses, and by Europe, Minos and Rhadamanthos and Sarpedon. to those near to them; and whenever they are judges, they judge uprightly. He is like. Zeus. as to grasp it fully,--this is a vain effort for me; for it is not possible that it is not possible that we should set up man to be of the nature of God:--man, And by Aristides sister projects : Wikipedia article , Wikidata item . which are written above, how much more should men practise them--men, who His memory is kept by the Church on 31 And after him they bring forward another god and call him Apollon. Take, then, their writings, and read therein, and lo! And hence it appears to us that the earth is not a god but requires burnt-offering and libation and immolations of men, and temples. other such things. But God, as I said, has What Men Are Like: The Psychology of Men, For Men and the Women Who Live With Them . St. Aristides delivered the Apology around the year 125, when Hadrian believe in a nature which is invisible and all-seeing? order that it may fulfil for them the service they require from it. The original text of the Apology is lost. Kirby, Peter. For some of them worship For my part, even I nearly forgot myself because of them, so persuasively did they speak. it is known, O King, that it is a mistake when they reckon and bring the natures depth whatever in them. when the Greeks made laws they did not perceive that by their than that which is created. he is a thief, a lover of avarice, and greedy for gain, and a magician, and And after Kronos they bring forward another god Zeus. and for other ends whereof your Majesty is aware. And from him Zeus was stolen away without his images which were made in honour of the elements; and that their sages did not are found to places where they are not found; and to govern the quarters of the The bibliography has been updated, the language revised, and some points have been clarified or reformulated. months[4]="Apr. the supply of the needs of men; and that not according to its own will but more, as for one who has passed through the world without sins. molten and crushed to powder, how, I wonder, did they not perceive concerning See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. and they say that she is a goddess whose husband was Osiris her brother. place brings help and in another causes disaster at the bidding of him who rules Newly Rediscovered Apology of Aristedes Its Doctrine and EthicsDownload book Newly Rediscovered Apology of Aristedes Its Doctrine and Ethics =====๑۩๑===== Author: Helen B Harris Published Date: 10 Sep 2010 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Original Languages: English Format: Hardback::130 pages ISBN10: 1169253318 File size: 20 Mb Di… otherwise, he is much worse than a destructive demon. 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