The Arguments of the Emperor Julian Against the Christians — page 112: what you’re looking at

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AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS. 89 « with such duplicity for a few drachms, they confess themselves guilty of the most sordid avarice, © : Hitherto, indeed, many causes have prevented their resorting to the temples; and the dangers that. every-where impended were a plea for con- cealing the most true opinions of the gods. But now, since the gods have granted us liberty, it seems to me absurd for any to teach those things to men which they do not approve. And if they think that those writers whom they expound, and of whom they sit as interpreters, are wise, let them first zealously imitate their piety towards the gods. But if they think they have erred in their conceptions of the most honourable natures [the gods], let them go into the churches of the Galilzeans, and there expound Matthew and Luke, by whom, being persuaded, you forbid sacrifices. I wish that your ears and your tongues were (as you express it) regenerated in those things of which I wish that myself, and all who in thought and deed are my friends, may always be par- takers. To masters and teachers let this be a common H ee ee ee ey ey ~— COIN G HOO) SS (CO mn