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abscessu_fw-la a_o eas_fw-la sic_fw-la affectas_fw-la oporteat_fw-la domum_fw-la dei_fw-la ingredi_fw-la gr_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o which_o and_o his_o answer_n thereunto_o we_o learn_v not_o only_o that_o the_o christian_n have_v then_o house_n of_o worship_n but_o a_o religious_a respect_n also_o to_o difference_n they_o from_o common_a place_n and_o here_o because_o the_o time_n fit_o present_v it_o in_o our_o way_n take_v notice_n for_o some_o reason_n that_o we_o shall_v hear_v of_o ere_o we_o have_v do_v that_o this_o of_o the_o christian_n have_v such_o house_n for_o their_o devotion_n be_v a_o thing_n public_o know_v to_o the_o gentile_n themselves_o together_o with_o the_o name_n whereby_o they_o call_v they_o as_o appear_v by_o two_o imperial_a rescript_n the_o one_o of_o galienus_n about_o the_o year_n 260._o record_v by_o eusebius_n hist._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 12._o which_o call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d worship_v place_n which_o have_v be_v a_o little_a before_o in_o the_o persecution_n of_o valerianus_n his_o father_n take_v from_o the_o christian_n and_o then_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o gentile_n galienus_n gracious_o restore_v they_o unto_o they_o with_o liberty_n free_o to_o exercise_v their_o religion_n the_o word_n of_o the_o rescript_n so_o much_o of_o they_o as_o be_v needful_a to_o our_o purpose_n be_v these_o imperator_fw-la caesar_n publius_n licinius_n galienus_n etc._n etc._n dionysio_n puniae_fw-la demetrio_n &_o caeteris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la salutem_fw-la meae_fw-la munificentiae_fw-la beneficium_fw-la per_fw-la universum_fw-la divulgari_fw-la orbem_fw-la praecepi_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o à _fw-la locis_fw-la religionis_fw-la cultui_fw-la dicatis_fw-la discedatur_fw-la et_fw-la propterea_fw-la vos_fw-la mearum_fw-la literarum_fw-la exemplari_fw-la uti_fw-la poteritis_fw-la quo_fw-la nemo_fw-la deinceps_fw-la vobis_fw-la quicquam_fw-la facessat_fw-la molestiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o other_o be_v of_o aurelianus_n de_fw-fr libris_fw-la sibyllinis_fw-la inspiciendis_fw-la when_o the_o marcomanni_n invade_v the_o empire_n anno_fw-la ch._n 271._o record_v by_o vopiscus_n in_o these_o word_n miror_fw-la vos_fw-la patres_fw-la sancti_fw-la he_o write_v to_o the_o senate_n tamdiu_fw-la de_fw-la aperiendis_fw-la sibyllinis_fw-la dubitasse_fw-la libris_fw-la perinde_v quasi_fw-la in_o christianorum_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la deorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la tractaretis_fw-la that_o be_v in_o the_o capitol_n where_o the_o senate_n use_v sometime_o to_o sit_v add_v to_o this_o if_o you_o please_v that_o which_o eusebius_n relate_v of_o this_o emperor_n to_o wit_n that_o when_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la be_v depose_v by_o the_o council_n from_o his_o bishopric_n and_o domnus_n choose_v in_o his_o room_n will_v not_o yield_v up_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o matter_n be_v bring_v before_o aurelianus_n the_o emperor_n he_o decree_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o those_o of_o the_o sect_n unto_o who_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o italy_n shall_v send_v letter_n of_o communion_n sic_fw-la demum_fw-la paulus_n say_v eusebius_n à _fw-la seculari_fw-la potestate_fw-la summo_fw-la cum_fw-la dedecore_fw-la ex_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la expellitur_fw-la for_o that_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v here_o mean_v the_o christian_n oratory_n or_o house_n of_o sacred_a assembly_n at_o antioch_n and_o not_o the_o bishop_n house_n as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o appear_v both_o because_o eusebius_n elsewhere_o so_o use_v it_o as_o namely_o lib._n 8._o cap._n
pietatis_fw-la praetextu_fw-la &_o opinion_n quadam_fw-la impios_fw-la reddant_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la vero_fw-la per_fw-la jesum_fw-la cultu_fw-la aberrando_fw-la falluntur_fw-la qui_fw-la utique_fw-la solus_fw-la est_fw-la vericultus_fw-la via_fw-la vereque_fw-la illud_fw-la profatur_fw-la ego_fw-la sum_fw-la via_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la minutius_n felix_n when_o caecilius_n object_n cur_n occultare_fw-la &_o abscondere_fw-la quicquid_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la colunt_fw-la magnopere_fw-la nituntur_fw-la ...._o cur_n nullas_fw-la arras_n habent_fw-la templa_fw-la nulla_fw-la nulla_fw-la not_o a_o simulacra_fw-la ....._o nisi_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la colunt_fw-la &_o interprimunt_fw-la aut_fw-la puniendum_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la pudendum_fw-la bring_v in_o his_o octavius_n answer_v thus_o putatis_fw-la autem_fw-la nos_fw-la occultare_fw-la quod_fw-la colimus_fw-la si_fw-la delubra_fw-la &_o aras_n non_fw-la habemus_fw-la quod_fw-la enim_fw-la simulacrum_fw-la deo_fw-la fingam_fw-la cum_fw-la sirectè_fw-la existimes_fw-la sit_fw-la dei_fw-la homo_fw-la ipse_fw-la simulacrum_fw-la templum_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la extruam_fw-la cum_fw-la totus_fw-la hic_fw-la mundus_fw-la ejus_fw-la operâ_fw-la fabricatus_fw-la eum_fw-la capere_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la homo_fw-la laxiùs_fw-la maneam_fw-la intra_fw-la unam_fw-la aediculam_fw-la vim_o tantae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la includam_fw-la nun_n melius_fw-la in_o nostra_fw-la dedicandus_fw-la est_fw-la ment_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la imò_fw-la consecrandus_fw-la est_fw-la pectore_fw-la arnobius_n in_o hâc_fw-la consuestis_fw-la parte_fw-la crimen_fw-la nobis_fw-la maximum_fw-la impietatis_fw-la affigere_fw-la quod_fw-la neque_fw-la aedes_fw-la sacras_fw-la venerationis_fw-la ad_fw-la officia_fw-la extruamus_fw-la non_fw-la deorum_fw-la alicujus_fw-la simulacrum_fw-la constituamus_fw-la aut_fw-la formam_fw-la non_fw-la altaria_fw-la fabricemus_fw-la non_fw-la aras_fw-la he_o deny_v none_o of_o this_o but_o answer_n templa_fw-la quaerimus_fw-la in_o deorum_fw-la quos_fw-la usus_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la dicitis_fw-la esse_fw-la constructa_fw-la aut_fw-la esse_fw-la rursus_fw-la aedificanda_fw-la censetis_fw-la &c_n &c_n ....._o lactantius_n condemn_v the_o gentile_n for_o have_v they_o 2._o cur_n inquit_fw-la oculos_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la non_fw-la tollitis_fw-la &_o advocatis_fw-la deorum_fw-la nominibus_fw-la in_fw-la aperto_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la celebratis_fw-la cur_n ad_fw-la parietes_fw-la &_o ligna_fw-la &_o lapides_fw-la potissimum_fw-la quam_fw-la illò_fw-la spectatis_fw-la ubi_fw-la deos_fw-la esse_fw-la creditis_fw-la quid_fw-la sibi_fw-la templa_fw-la quid_fw-la arae_n volunt_fw-la quid_fw-la deniq_fw-la ipsa_fw-la simulacra_fw-la who_o will_v now_o think_v that_o christian_n have_v any_o church_n or_o house_n of_o worship_n in_o these_o author_n day_n this_o objection_n indeed_o look_v very_o big_a at_o the_o first_o sight_n but_o it_o be_v no_o more_o but_o a_o show_n and_o we_o shall_v deal_v well_o enough_o with_o it_o for_o we_o be_v to_o take_v notice_n that_o these_o author_n all_o four_o of_o they_o live_v and_o write_v within_o and_o after_o the_o three_o seculum_fw-la be_v begin_v and_o the_o elder_a of_o they_o minutius_n felix_n after_o tertullian_n origin_n after_o he_o yea_o why_o do_v i_o say_v after_o the_o three_o seculum_fw-la be_v begin_v or_o within_o it_o when_o as_o 2._o of_o they_o arnobius_n and_o lactantius_n live_v and_o write_v rather_o after_o it_o be_v end_v and_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o four_o arnobius_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o persecution_n of_o diocletian_n lactantius_n somewhat_o after_o he_o for_o he_o be_v his_o scholar_n and_o dedicate_v his_o institution_n adversus_fw-la gentes_fw-la to_o constantine_n the_o great_a now_o then_o remember_v what_o authority_n and_o testimony_n be_v even_o now_o produce_v for_o the_o christian_n oratory_n all_o that_o seculun_n throughout_o not_o probability_n only_o but_o such_o as_o be_v altogether_o irrefragable_a and_o past_a contradiction_n this_o they_o seem_v not_o to_o have_v consider_v unless_o they_o dissemble_v it_o who_o so_o secure_o urge_v these_o passage_n to_o infer_v a_o conclusion_n pointblank_o against_o evidence_n of_o fact_n as_o for_o example_n i_o will_v allege_v no_o more_o but_o what_o be_v out_o of_o possibility_n to_o be_v deny_v or_o elude_v have_v the_o christian_n no_o oratory_n or_o church_n in_o gregory_n thaumaturgus_n his_o time_n have_v they_o none_o in_o s._n cyprian_n have_v they_o none_o in_o the_o day_n of_o dionysius_n alexandrinus_n have_v they_o none_o when_o galienus_n release_v their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v they_o none_o in_o those_o haltionian_n day_n whereof_o eusebius_n speak_v when_o the_o multitude_n of_o christian_n be_v grow_v so_o great_a that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_a aedifices_fw-la be_v no_o long_o able_a to_o contain_v their_o assembly_n but_o that_o they_o be_v fain_o to_o build_v new_a and_o spacious_a church_n in_o every_o city_n from_o the_o foundation_n have_v they_o none_o when_o the_o edict_n of_o diocletian_n come_v forth_o for_o demolish_n they_o for_o all_o these_o be_v before_o that_o either_o arnobius_n or_o lactantius_n write_v let_v those_o therefore_o who_o put_v so_o much_o confidence_n in_o these_o passage_n tell_v we_o before_o they_o conclude_v how_o to_o untie_v this_o knot_n and_o then_o they_o shall_v say_v something_o what_o then_o will_v you_o say_v be_v the_o meaning_n of_o these_o passage_n and_o how_o may_v they_o be_v satisfy_v and_o this_o scruple_n take_v off_o i_o answer_v the_o gentile_n in_o these_o objection_n have_v a_o peculiar_a notion_n of_o what_o they_o call_v a_o temple_n and_o these_o father_n and_o author_n in_o their_o dispute_n with_o they_o answer_v they_o according_a unto_o it_o for_o they_o define_v a_o temple_n by_o a_o idol_n and_o the_o enclosure_n of_o a_o deity_n not_o of_o the_o statue_n or_o image_n only_o but_o of_o the_o daemon_n himself_o that_o be_v they_o suppose_v their_o god_n by_o the_o power_n of_o spell_n and_o magical_a consecration_n to_o be_v retain_v and_o shut_v up_o in_o their_o temple_n as_o bird_n in_o a_o cage_n or_o the_o devil_n within_o a_o circle_n that_o so_o their_o suppliant_n may_v know_v where_o to_o have_v they_o when_o they_o have_v occasion_n to_o seek_v unto_o they_o and_o that_o for_o such_o retain_v or_o circumscribe_v of_o they_o in_o a_o certain_a place_n a_o idol_n be_v necessary_a as_o the_o centre_n of_o their_o collocation_n thus_o much_o origen_n himself_o will_v inform_v we_o in_o those_o his_o dispute_n against_o celsus_n as_o in_o his_o 3._o book_n pag._n 135._o editionis_fw-la graecolat_a where_o he_o describe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d temple_n and_o idol_n to_o be_v place_n where_o daemon_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enthrone_v or_o seat_v either_o have_v praeoccupy_v such_o place_n of_o themselves_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o bring_v thither_o by_o certain_a ceremony_n and_o magical_a invocation_n do_v as_o it_o be_v dwell_v there_o and_o again_o lib._n 7._o pag._n 385._o in_o fin_n tell_v we_o that_o daemon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d set_v in_o those_o kind_n of_o form_n and_o place_n viz._n idol_n and_o temple_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n &_o either_o lodge_v and_o confine_v thither_o by_o magical_a consecration_n or_o otherwise_o have_v praeoccupy_v the_o place_n of_o themselves_o where_o they_o be_v delightful_o feed_v and_o refresh_v for_o so_o the_o gentile_n think_v with_o the_o nidor_fw-la and_o savour_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o produce_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o say_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n let_v he_o that_o will_v consult_v he_o further_o in_o the_o end_n of_o that_o 7._o book_n pag._n 389._o and_o a_o little_a before_o p._n 387._o in_o fine_a to_o this_o confine_n of_o god_n in_o temple_n that_o so_o those_o that_o have_v occasion_n to_o use_v their_o help_n may_v not_o be_v to_o seek_v but_o know_v where_o to_o find_v they_o that_o also_o of_o menander_n cite_v by_o justin_n martyr_n in_o his_o de_fw-fr monarchia_fw-la dei_fw-la have_v reference_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o god_n please_v i_o that_o gad_v abroad_o none_o that_o leave_v his_o house_n shall_v come_v in_o my_o book_n a_o just_a and_o good_a god_n ought_v to_o tarry_v at_o home_n to_o save_v those_o that_o place_v he_o according_a to_o this_o notion_n of_o a_o temple_n these_o author_n allege_v grant_v that_o christian_n neither_o have_v any_o temple_n no_o nor_o ought_v to_o have_v forasmuch_o as_o the_o god_n who_o they_o worship_v be_v such_o a_o one_o as_o fill_v the_o heaven_n &_o the_o earth_n and_o dwell_v not_o in_o temple_n make_v with_o hand_n and_o because_o the_o gentile_n appropriate_v the_o name_n of_o a_o temple_n to_o this_o notion_n of_o encloister_v a_o deity_n by_o a_o idol_n therefore_o the_o christian_n of_o those_o first_o age_n for_o the_o most_o part_n abstain_v therefrom_o especial_o when_o they_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o gentile_n call_v their_o house_n of_o worship_n ecclesiae_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d