He declares that the Holy Scriptures are a treasure from which all the true wisdom in the world has been drawn; that every philosopher and every poet is indebted to them.

He labors to show that they are the standard and measure of all truth, and that whatever is inconsistent with them must necessarily be false.
From Tertullian's able work we see what Christianity was while it was suffering persecution and struggling for existence.

We have now to see what it became when in possession of imperial power.

Great is the difference between Christianity under Severus and Christianity after Constantine.

Many of the doctrines which at the latter period were preeminent, in the former were unknown.
PAGANIZATION OF CHRISTIANITY.