History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireSimon and Schuster, 18. jan. 2013 - 398 sider Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries. |
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... popes, and the restoration of the Roman empire in the West. The primitive Christians were possessed with an unconquerable repugnance to the use and abuse of images; and this aversion may be ascribed to their descent from the Jews, and ...
... popes, and the restoration of the Roman empire in the West. The primitive Christians were possessed with an unconquerable repugnance to the use and abuse of images; and this aversion may be ascribed to their descent from the Jews, and ...
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... pope of Rome were nearly equal. But the Greek prelate was a domestic slave under the eye of his master, at whose nod ... popes again restored the supremacy of Rome. It is agreed, that in the eighth century, their dominion was founded on ...
... pope of Rome were nearly equal. But the Greek prelate was a domestic slave under the eye of his master, at whose nod ... popes again restored the supremacy of Rome. It is agreed, that in the eighth century, their dominion was founded on ...
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... popes themselves. Two original epistles, from Gregory the Second to the emperor Leo, are still extant; and if they ... pope attempts the usual distinction between the idols of antiquity and the Christian images. The former were the ...
... popes themselves. Two original epistles, from Gregory the Second to the emperor Leo, are still extant; and if they ... pope attempts the usual distinction between the idols of antiquity and the Christian images. The former were the ...
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... popes are the bond of union, the mediators of peace, between the East and West? The eyes of the nations are fixed on our humility; and they revere, as a God upon earth, the apostle St. Peter, whose image you threaten to destroy. The ...
... popes are the bond of union, the mediators of peace, between the East and West? The eyes of the nations are fixed on our humility; and they revere, as a God upon earth, the apostle St. Peter, whose image you threaten to destroy. The ...
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... pope and the holy images; the Roman people was devoted to their father, and even the Lombards were ambitious to ... popes, however inclined to mercy, refused to intercede for these guilty victims. At Ravenna, the several quarters of the ...
... pope and the holy images; the Roman people was devoted to their father, and even the Lombards were ambitious to ... popes, however inclined to mercy, refused to intercede for these guilty victims. At Ravenna, the several quarters of the ...
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