| The author of the Philopatris perpetually treats the Christians as a company of dreaming enthusiasts, |
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| etc.; and in one place manifestly alludes to the vision in which St. Paul was transported to the third heaven. In another place, Triephon who personates a Christian, after deriding the gods of Paganism, proposes a mysterious oath:- |
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| (is the profane answer of Critias) |
| "The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire"—Chapter 16 |