inconsistency: Answer—chap. xliii. Various objections against Christianity, gathered from the more unintelligent Christians, adduced by Celsus; enumeration of these: Answers—chaps. xliv., xlv. Christians do desire that there should be wise men among them—chaps. xlv.-xlviii. Allegation that only the low, and the vile, and the ignorant, with women and children, are desired as converts, shown to be false in the sense in which it is advanced by Celsus—chaps. xlix.-liv. Charge brought against teachers of Christianity of surreptitiously inculcating their doctrines upon children without the knowledge of their parents—chap. lv. Examination of this charge—chaps. lvi.-lviii. Answer to charge of Celsus, that Christians invite the wicked alone to participation in their sacred rites—chaps. lix.-lxii. Refutation of the charge that God does not decide in accordance with truth, but with flattery—chap. lxiii. Answer to question of Celsus, why sinners are preferred over others—chap. lxiv. Falsehood of the assertion that Christians are able to gain over none but sinners—chap. lxv. Error of Celsus in denying the possibility of a complete transformation of character—chap. lxvi. His meaning probably was, that such transformation could not be effected by punishment; this shown to be false—chap. lxvii. Transformation of character, in certain cases, by means of philosophical discourses, not a matter to excite surprise: character of Christian preaching—chap. lxviii. Examination of Celsus’ statement, that to change a nature entirely is exceedingly difficult—chap. lxix. God can do all that it is possible for Him to do without ceasing to be God—chap. lxx. Falsity of statement that God alleviates the sufferings of the wicked through pity for their wailings, but casts off the good—chap. lxxi. No truly wise man could be misled by any statements of an unintelligent Christian—chap. lxxii. Falsity of statements, that the ambassador of Christianity relates only ridiculous things—chap. lxxiii. That he seeks after the unintelligent alone—chap. lxxiv. That he acts like a person who promises to restore patients to bodily health, but who prevents them from consulting skilled physicians, who would expose his ignorance—chap. lxxv. That the Christian teacher acts like a drunken man, who should enter a company of drunkards, and accuse those who were sober of being drunk—chap. lxxvi. That he is like one suffering from ophthalmia, who should accuse the clear-sighted of blindness. Assertion of Celsus that Christians lead on men by empty hopes: Answer—chap. lxxvii. Character of those who become converts—chap. lxxviii. Christianity the best system which men were capable of receiving—chaps. lxxix.-lxxxi. BOOK IV., 161-267