Propterea igitur publici hostes Christiani, quia imperatoribus neque vanos neque mentientes neque temerarios honores dicant, quia verae religionis homines etiam solemnia eorum conscientia potius quam lascivia celebrant.
So that is why Christians are public enemies,'because they will not give the Emperors vain, false and rash honours; because, being men of a true religion, they celebrate the Emperors festivals more in heart than in frolic.
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