AN ORATION OF MELITON THE PHILOSOPHER;
This text was transcribed by Roger Pearse, Ipswich Spicilegium Syriacum (1855) : Ps.-Melito of Sardis: Apology WHO WAS IN THE PRESENCE 1 OF ANTONINUS CAESAR, AND BADE THE SAME CAESAR KNOW GOD, AND SHEWED HIM THE WAY OF TRUTH; AND HE BEGAN SPEAKING AFTER THIS MANNER: MELITO saith: It is not an easy matter 2 readily to bring into the right way that man who has been a long time pre-occupied by error.3 But nevertheless it is possible to be done; for when a man has been turned from error a little, the mention of the truth is acceptable to him; for in the same manner as, when the cloud has...
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