Note 714 — Lecture XII. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN UNION: DOCTRINE IN THE PLACE OF CONDUCT.
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“We Christians are remarkable,” says Tertullian (Ad Scap. 2), “only for the reformation of our former vices.” The plea of the Apologists was based on the fact that the Christians led blameless lives: de causâ innocentiæ consistam, Tert. Apol. c. 4.