The Christian religion, the religion of the immortality of the soul, was called by Tacitus a pernicious superstition (exitialis superstitio), and he asserted that it involved a hatred of mankind (odium generis humani).
I, 23). Tacitok kristau erlijioari, arimaren hilezintasunarenari, sineskeria hondagarria zeritzon, exitialis superstitio, barruan gizateriarenganako gorrotoa, odium generis humani, zeukala esanik.