The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, Volume 2Crosby and Nichols, 1862 |
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... Causes of the Growth of Christianity I. THE FIRST CAUSE . 152 Their Sects , Progress , and Influence . 163 Zeal of the Jews Its gradual Increase 152 • The Dæmons considered as the Gods of Antiquity . 165 Abhorrence of the Christians ...
... Causes of the Growth of Christianity I. THE FIRST CAUSE . 152 Their Sects , Progress , and Influence . 163 Zeal of the Jews Its gradual Increase 152 • The Dæmons considered as the Gods of Antiquity . 165 Abhorrence of the Christians ...
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... CAUSE . Mi- raculous Powers of the Pri- mitive Church Their Truth contested . Our Perplexity in defining the Miraculous Period 178 · . 179 · 180 Use of the primitive Miracles 181 IV . THE FOURTH CAUSE . Virtues of the first Chris- tians ...
... CAUSE . Mi- raculous Powers of the Pri- mitive Church Their Truth contested . Our Perplexity in defining the Miraculous Period 178 · . 179 · 180 Use of the primitive Miracles 181 IV . THE FOURTH CAUSE . Virtues of the first Chris- tians ...
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... cause of a master whom he despised . At last , indeed , he received from the conspirators the bloody purple of Gallienus ; but he had been absent from their camp and counsels ; and however he might applaud the deed , we may candidly ...
... cause of a master whom he despised . At last , indeed , he received from the conspirators the bloody purple of Gallienus ; but he had been absent from their camp and counsels ; and however he might applaud the deed , we may candidly ...
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... cause . The shining accomplishments 4 " of that prince were stained by a licentious passion , which he indulged in acts of violence , with too little regard to the laws of society , or even to those of love.48 He was slain at Cologne ...
... cause . The shining accomplishments 4 " of that prince were stained by a licentious passion , which he indulged in acts of violence , with too little regard to the laws of society , or even to those of love.48 He was slain at Cologne ...
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... cause , or at least the occasion , of his death.56 His nephew , Mæonius , 55 She never admitted her husband's embraces but for the sake of posterity . If her hopes were baffled , in the ensuing month she reiterated the experiment . 56 ...
... cause , or at least the occasion , of his death.56 His nephew , Mæonius , 55 She never admitted her husband's embraces but for the sake of posterity . If her hopes were baffled , in the ensuing month she reiterated the experiment . 56 ...
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Page 19 - But if we except the doubtful achievements of Semiramis, Zenobia is, perhaps, the only female whose superior genius broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia.
Page 155 - And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Page 60 - ... over their heads. The air was continually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely impregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics.* In the centre of the edifice the arena or stage was strewed with the finest sand, and successively assumed the most different forms. At one moment it seemed to rise out of the earth, like the garden of the Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns of Thrace.
Page 172 - When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind on condition of adopting the faith, and of observing the precepts, of the gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, and of every province in the Roman empire.
Page 245 - Actum quem debuisti, mi Secunde, in excutiendis causis eorum qui Christiani ad te delati fuerant secutus es. Neque enim in universum aliquid quod quasi certam formam habeat constitui potest.
Page 290 - Between the Bosphorus and the Hellespont, the shores of Europe and Asia receding on either side enclose the Sea of Marmara, which was known to the ancients by the denomination of Propontis. The navigation from the issue of the Bosphorus to the entrance of the Hellespont is about one hundred and twenty miles. Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis may at once descry the high...
Page 152 - Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth. To this inquiry, an obvious but satisfactory answer may be returned ; that it was owing to the convincing evidence of the doctrine itself, and to the ruling providence of its great Author.
Page 218 - But how shall we excuse the supine inattention of the Pagan and philosophic world to those evidences which were presented by the hand of Omnipotence, not to their reason, but to their senses? During the age of Christ, of his apostles, and of their first disciples, the doctrine which they preached was confirmed by innumerable prodigies. The lame walked, the blind saw, the sick were healed, the dead were raised, daemons were expelled, and the laws of Nature were frequently suspended for the benefit...
Page 292 - We are at present qualified to view the advantageous position of Constantinople ; which appears to have been formed by nature for the centre and capital of a great monarchy. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded from her seven hills...
Page 28 - The most illustrious of the senate, the people, and the army closed the solemn procession. Unfeigned joy, wonder, and gratitude swelled the acclamations of the multitude; but the satisfaction of the senate was clouded by the appearance of Tetricus; nor could they suppress a rising murmur that the haughty emperor should thus expose to public ignominy the person of a Roman and a...