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and their crimes are investigated. This same process is not followed with Christians. * The officials torture criminals to get a confession of truth but they torture Christians to get
a confession that would be a lie. * Gods must be approved by the senate before they are consecrated by the emperor. Tiberius found proof of Christs divinity but the
Senate rejected his proposal to name Christ god. * Christians continue to be accused of heinous crimes but the crimes are never investigated to determine if they even occurred. *
Christians do not offer sacrifices to the gods because the gods are not the object of their worship. * There is only one higher God and only He is
able to make gods but he has no need for help from any man. * Tertullian explains how gods came to be gods, discusses the fighting between the gods, and
the preferences of people for one god over another. * The object of Christian worship is one God who is not visible and who is manifested through grace. * Christianity
it supported through the writings of the Jews. Question 1: What are the strengths and weaknesses of Tertullians Apology? Tertullian sequences his argument beginning with the differences in the treatment
of criminals and Christians. He argues it is the name that is hated, but all sects and philosophies carry the name of their originators. He discusses how men become gods
after their death. The difference is that Christ was God while he was alive. As Tertullian supports each of his points with long discussions of the evidence that supports
the point. The opening chapters are strong because they distinguish the goal of the officials - they torture criminals to get the truth but they torture Christians to get a
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