Introduction.

This page begins mid-word, completing "Ungereimtheit" from the previous page. absurdity of the ridiculous fables upon which paganismoriginal: Heydenthum — the polytheistic religious systems of the ancient world, particularly those of Greece and Rome. is founded. We could cite a multitude of other writers who undertook the defense of the Christian religion. However, it is sufficient for us to have named a few whose primary intention was to clearly demonstrate to the pagans how greatly their principles and doctrines violated all reason and truth.

To this extensive and ever-victorious erudition and literacy, which astonished and dazzled the pagans, was added an invincible strength of logical reasoningoriginal: Vernunftschlüsse — formal conclusions drawn through the application of logic. against which nothing could be objected and which could not be resisted. Tertullian’s Apologyoriginal: Tertullians Schutzschrift — refers to the Apologeticum (c. 197 AD), one of the most famous defenses of Christianity, written to Roman governors to demand legal fairness for Christians. can be regarded as an incomparable work, unique in its field. The writing style is concise, vigorousoriginal: nervig — in this historical context, it means "sinewy" or "muscular," referring to a lean, powerful prose style., and powerful. The imagery within it is striking; often, a single expression creates a grand picture. It contains nearly as many thoughts as words, and as many vivid proofs as logical conclusions. The inner voice of conscience, the principles of true philosophy, and the judicial procedures prescribed by Roman law are the means used by Tertullian to tangibly prove to the Romans the shame of their errors and the injustice of their persecutions.

It is impossible to find a treatise written with more philosophy and order, or one that leads to conviction by such a natural path, than Athenagoras’soriginal: Athenagoras — a 2nd-century Christian philosopher from Athens who applied Platonism to Christian doctrine. treatise on the resurrection of the