The various articles of the Romish creed disappeared like a dream; and after a full conviction, on Christmas Day 1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief... The General Biographical Dictionary - Page 449edited by - 1814Full view - About this book
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...Christmas-day 1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of catholics and protestants. Such, from my arrival at Lausanne, during the first eighteen or twenty months (July 1753. ...March... | |
| B. Lambert - 1806 - 624 pages
...to Deism. At that period, however, he tells us, he suspended his religious enquiries, and acquiesced with implicit belief in the tenets and mysteries which...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants. For some time after this he continued to prosecute his studies, applying with ardour to the cultivation... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1815 - 558 pages
...Christmas-day, 1754, 1 received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants,' or, in other words, carrying with him into his new profession of religion one of the most pernicious... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 pages
...Christmasday 1754 I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* little figure, with a large head, disputing and urging, with the grealest ability, all the best arguments... | |
| 1830 - 336 pages
...Christmasday 1754 I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* little figure, with a large head, disputing and urging, with the greatest ability, all the best arguments... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 882 pages
...Christmas-day, 1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* *Letterfrom Mr. Pavilliard to Edward Oibbon, Btq. "Sir, "June 26th, 1754. " I hope you will pardon... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...Christmas-day, 1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religious inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* * 'Letter from Mr. Pavilliard to Edward Gibbon, Esq. "Sir, "June 26th, 1/54. " I hope you win pardon... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 pages
...1754, I received the sacrament in the church of Lausanne. It was here that I suspended my religions inquiries, acquiescing with implicit belief in the...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.* *Lettcrfrom Mr. Pamlliard to Edward Gibbon, Esq. "Sir, " June 26th, 17W. " I hope yeu will pardon ray... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pages
...the church c°f Lausanne : and here it was, he informs us, that he suspended his religious enquiries, acquiescing, with implicit belief, in the tenets and...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants. Jiis advantages, in other respects, were so imp»irtant during his residence at Lausanne, that bcre,... | |
| 1838 - 1056 pages
...professed his belief in the doctrines of the Protestant church, and, according to his own statement, ' suspended his religious inquiries, acquiescing with...the general consent of Catholics and Protestants.' He remained in Switzerland for five years, during which time he paid great attention to study, and... | |
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