Archelaus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acts of Disputation… (1885)
“ Now, because it was the pleasure of Marcellus that this disputation should have a place given it, [5] and that it should also be described, I could not gainsay his wish, but trusted to the kind consideration of the readers, believing that they would pardon me if my discourse should sound somewhat inartistic or boorish: for the great thing which we have had in view has been, that the means of knowing what took place on this occasion should not fail to be brought within the reach of all who desired to understand the subject. ”
