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 1 XIV  |          corruptible man, and of birds, and of four-footed beasts,
 2 XIV  |           like the Egyptians, to birds and four-footed beasts and
 3 XVIII|          corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts,
 4 XX   |      animals, and specially from birds; and as many as profess
 5 XX   |         are Soothsayers. Now, if birds, or any other oracular creatures
 6 XX   | intelligent men tell us that the birds have their assemblies, obviously
 7 XX   |     other they discover what the birds say, and that they give
 8 XX   |      previously declare what the birds said, viz. that the birds
 9 XX   |        birds said, viz. that the birds would go away to some place
10 XX   |           and then show that the birds did go there and do what
11 XX   |      certain demons, the ways of birds and other creatures, from
12 XX   |        art of divination through birds, it is not agreed as to
13 XX   |      receive their impulses, the birds to different flights and
14 XX   |        believe that the souls of birds have more divine and clearer
15 XX   |          If this be indeed true, birds have clearer conceptions
16 XX   |       make it look as though the birds have greater and diviner
17 XX   |     Celsus, the race of divining birds, forsooth, understand the
18 XX   |          go and be taught by the birds, in order that, as, according
19 XX   |          holding as he does that birds are superior to men, should
20 XX   |         to men, should go to the birds for instruction, and not
21 XX   |          he is not even like the birds and other irrational creatures
22 XX   |          an art of divination by birds, and the other animals believed
23 XX   |          of demons and resort to birds; on the other hand, it brings
24 XX   |        believed in divination by birds. For our present purpose
25 XX   |          men.  ~18. Moreover, if birds of omen converse with one
26 XX   |        Celsus says, the divining birds and the other irrational
27 XX   | speculations to the level of the birds and serpents upon earth,
28 XX   |           and His Son, impel the birds and other creatures for
29 XX   |           21. But if the soul of birds is really Divine because
30 XX   |       Again, observe that if the birds really have a Divine soul
31 XX   |     practise augury, nor observe birds." 421And in another place, "
32 XX   |     announce beforehand that the birds said they would go away
33 XX   |          inarticulate cry of the birds, announce beforehand that
34 XX   |     announce beforehand that the birds will go to some place and
35 XX   |    variety extending even to the birds; and it brought into being
36 XXIII|          caused by stars than by birds, and by birds, or by entrails
37 XXIII|      stars than by birds, and by birds, or by entrails of victims,
38 XXIV |       that matter is in Him like birds in the air, we are bound
39 Index|      Basil, Saint, Preface, etc.~Birds, their sacred assemblies,