# ad Nationes 2.13_19

Tertullian, ad Nationes, Liber Secundus. Latin.

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[19] Adeo non fabulae istae sunt de fa< . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > sit an non lasciu< . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > na hominum quos < . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > emissa iam pridem a fide per incr< . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >, non est nobis extensius agendum. [20] Si enim et re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > pibus et pro seminatoribus suis morata plebs eadem q< . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > natura, alibi auctoritas exigebat similitudinem morum. < . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Quanto deterior, qui non melior? Priuato enim titulo Iouem Optimum dicitis, et est Vergilii "aequus Iuppiter." [21] Omnes proinde incesti in suos, impudici in extraneos, impii, iniusti: cui nullam insignem infamiam fabula reliquit, is deus fieri non fuit dignus!

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