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Deuxième Apologie

XIV.

Nous vous demandons de sanctionner cette requête, en telle forme qu'il vous plaira. Ainsi notre doctrine sera connue, et cette connaissance dissipera les préjugés et l'ignorance de la vérité auprès des autres qui, en grand nombre s'exposent au châtiment par leur faute. [2] Car l'homme a par sa nature le pouvoir de connaître le bien et le mal. Car on nous condamne pour des crimes dont on ne sait pas si nous sommes coupables. Car on approuve les dieux qui font ce qu'on nous reproche et qui cherchent parmi les hommes des imitateurs. Ceux qui pour ces prétendus faits nous condamnent à mort, à la prison ou à quelque peine semblable, se condamnent eux-mêmes : ils n'ont pas besoin d'autres juges.

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The Second Apology of Justin for the Christians Addressed to the Roman Senate

Chapter XIV.--Justin prays that this appeal be published.

And we therefore pray you to publish this little book, appending what you think right, that our opinions may be known to others, and that these persons may have a fair chance of being freed from erroneous notions and ignorance of good, who by their own fault are become subject to punishment; that so these things may be published to men, because it is in the nature of man to know good and evil; and by their condemning us, whom they do not understand, for actions which they say are wicked, and by delighting in the gods who did such things, and even now require similar actions from men, and by inflicting on us death or bonds or some other such punishment, as if we were guilty of these things, they condemn themselves, so that there is no need of other judges.

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