 | 1803 - 430 sider
...permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction which was not only proffered as a favor but imposed as an obligation. It became the most sacred...to the will of a benevolent but all-powerful deity. The enfranchisement of the church from the bonds of the synagogue, was a work however of some time... | |
 | Abraham (the patriarch.) - 1848 - 466 sider
...christian church. All mankind was permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction. It became the most sacred duty of a new convert to...relations, the inestimable blessing which he had received.' (pp. 276. &c.) This beautiful system, which dived through the past abyss of two thousand years, and... | |
 | 1851 - 372 sider
...church ; but at the same time all mankind was permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction, which was not only proffered as a favour,...received, and to warn them against a refusal that would be surely punished as a criminal disobedience to the will of a benevolent but all-powerful deity. The... | |
 | 1851 - 526 sider
...the early and remarkable p: Christianity, and closes the pai this subject by the following remarl " It became the most sacred duty of a new convert to...diffuse among his friends and relations the inestimable blessings which he had received, and to warn them against a refusal that would be severely punished,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 sider
...church ; but at the same time all mankind was permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction, which was not only proffered as a favour,...the will of a benevolent but. all-powerful Deity. The enfranchisement of the church from the bonds of the synagogue was a work, however, of some time... | |
 | 1868 - 884 sider
...permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction, which was not only proffered as a favor. "but imposed as an obligation. It became the most...to the will of a benevolent but allpowerful Deity." Is any misrepresentation or inuendo discoverable in this ? Does Gibbon's pen here betray its bias against... | |
 | 1868 - 904 sider
...church ; but at the same time all mankind was permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction, which was not only proffered as a favour,...against a refusal that would be severely punished Was Gibbon an Infidel ? 821 as a criminal disobedience to the will of a benevolent but all-powerful... | |
 | 1885 - 544 sider
...permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction, which was not only proffered as a favor, but imposed as an obligation. It became the most sacred...to the will of a benevolent but all-powerful Deity. Whatever difference of opinion might subsist between the orthodox, the Ebionites and the Gnostics concerning... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 668 sider
...permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction, which was not only proffered as a favor, but imposed as an obligation. It became the most sacred...refusal that would be severely punished as a criminal disobedi ence to the will of a benevolent but all-powerful Deity. The enfranchisement of the church... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 602 sider
...church ; but at the same time all mankind was permitted, and even solicited, to accept the glorious distinction, which was not only proffered as a favour,...to the will of a benevolent but all-powerful deity. The enfranchisement of the church from the bonds of synagogue was a work however of some time and of... | |
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It became the most sacred duty of a new convert to diffuse among his friends and relations the inestimable blessing which he had received, and to warn them against a refusal that would be severely punished as a criminal disobedience to the will of a benevolent... 
