187 Fabricius, his account of the Sibylline oracles 192-209 Justin Martyr not the forger of them Sibylline oracles which were made by Pagans The opinion that God alone can work miracles, not The miracles of our Saviour and of his Apostles de- St Paul, an emblem perhaps of the Jewish nation 263 An answer to the objection made from the miracles of The Apostles seem to have wrought miracles only when they were moved by the Holy Spirit Recapitulation of the arguments in behalf of Chris- General remarks on the miracles said to have been These miracles not to be compared, in point of evidence, with the miracles of Christ and the Apostles The miracles after Constantine deserve no credit Van Dale, Moyle, and Le Clerc; their notions of the Le Le Clerc's character of Van Dale and Moyle The Christian miracles of different ages: how far credible, or not The improbable story of Abgarus The conversion of the inhabitants of Edessa The Ethopians instructed by the Eunuch Miracles wrought by apostolical men 284 285 286 Page 287 287 288-290 Justin M. of opinion that miraculous gifts had been continued down to his time St John; his being put in a vessel of boiling oil a du bious story Whence it might arise 290 290, 291 291 Oil not used in baptism till after the days of Justin 291 Remarks on the apologists and their writings 293-300 293, 294 295 The apologies seen in all probability by some emperors, and serviceable to the Christian cause The character of Adrian The account which he gives of the Egyptians His rescript to Minucius 295 296 296 297 He was no enemy to the Christians 297 Severus Alexander a friend to the Christians 297 No images in Christian churches till after Constantine 298 Polycarp. Remarks on his martyrdom, &c. The epistle of the church of Smyrna probably genuine, tho' possibly interpolated Page 303-322 322 Polycarp's reply to the Proconsul not blameable The city of Smyrna ruined by an earthquake Polycarp's age His martyrdom well attested 319 320 321 321 321 322 The constancy of the martyrs to be ascribed to a divine assistance 322-331 The constancy of persons who were, or were called, heretics 32-5 Mark of Arethusa his sufferings, and the remarks of 326 His account of the statue of Simon seems to be a mis take 337 Obscure Obscure and worthless men deified by the Pagans even in his time Authority of the fathers. It is better to defer too lit Page 337 Alcibiades, the martyr, reproved for an erroneous no The martyrdom of Apolonius Roman Senate not favourable to Christianity Remarks on Lucian, Apuleius, Porphyry, and the Pla 344 344 State of the Christians in the reign of Commodus 352 252 Tertullian 352 relating to that story Proculus is said to have cured Severus with oil. Facts Severus, his behaviour towards the Christians viour 357 Theophilus 354-357 356 |