Though his situation might excite the pity, his arguments could never reach the understanding, either of the philosophic or of the believing part of the Pagan world.

To their apprehensions, it was no less a matter of surprise, that any individuals should entertain scruples against complying with the established mode of worship, than if they had conceived a sudden abhorrence to the manners, the dress, or the language of their native country.

[8] [8a] [Footnote 8: From the arguments of Celsus, as they are represented and refuted by Origen, (l.v.p.

247--259,) we may clearly discover the distinction that was made between the Jewish people and the Christian sect.

See, in the Dialogue of Minucius Felix, (c.