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On the Theophania

Eusebius of Caesarea, tr. Lee, 1843

Hence indeed, originated the care of mankind for the life which is holy and pure, and the…

Hence indeed, originated the care of mankind for the life which is holy and pure, and the diligence to attain to every (sort of) excellency: the (constant) recollection of God, and of the many enouncements respecting the righteousness of truth, and of the turning away from vice and ungodliness. Nor was it this only, but also the true notion of the life which is after death, was stirred up among all men, and (so was) the right and true state of mind, respecting the righteous judgment of God, the King of all. On this account did the whole race of man,—which had (now) been changed to a state of virtue by means of enouncements not to be described,—henceforward spit in the faces of the Idols, trample under foot the unjust laws of the Demons, and laugh at the ancient traditionary system of error of their forefathers.