The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 2Tourneisen, 1787 - 474 sider |
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... Dæmons confidered as the Gods of Antiquity Abhorrence of the Chriftians for Idolatry 235 237 239 Ceremonies Arts Festivals Zeal for Christianity ib . 240 ib . 242 II . THE SECOND CAUSE . The Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul among ...
... Dæmons confidered as the Gods of Antiquity Abhorrence of the Chriftians for Idolatry 235 237 239 Ceremonies Arts Festivals Zeal for Christianity ib . 240 ib . 242 II . THE SECOND CAUSE . The Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul among ...
Side 151
... claimed a familiar intercourfe with dæmons and fpirits ; and , by a very fingular revolution , converted the ftudy of 1 CHAP . philofophy into that of magic . The ancient K 4 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 151 The new Platonists ?
... claimed a familiar intercourfe with dæmons and fpirits ; and , by a very fingular revolution , converted the ftudy of 1 CHAP . philofophy into that of magic . The ancient K 4 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 151 The new Platonists ?
Side 237
... dæmons were the authors , the pa- trons , and the objects of idolatry " . Those rebel- lious fpirits who had been ... dæmons foon difcovered and XV . 39 CHAP . abused the natural propenfity of OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 237 The Dæmons ...
... dæmons were the authors , the pa- trons , and the objects of idolatry " . Those rebel- lious fpirits who had been ... dæmons foon difcovered and XV . 39 CHAP . abused the natural propenfity of OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 237 The Dæmons ...
Side 240
... dæmons . Even the common language of Greece and Rome abounded with familiar but impious expreffions , which the im- prudent Chriftian might too carelessly utter , or too patiently hear " . 48 The dangerous temptations which on every ...
... dæmons . Even the common language of Greece and Rome abounded with familiar but impious expreffions , which the im- prudent Chriftian might too carelessly utter , or too patiently hear " . 48 The dangerous temptations which on every ...
Side 242
... dæmons . 51 II . The writings of Cicero represent in the moft lively colours the ignorance , the errors , and the uncertainty of the ancient philofophers with regard to the immortality of the foul . When they are defirous of arming ...
... dæmons . 51 II . The writings of Cicero represent in the moft lively colours the ignorance , the errors , and the uncertainty of the ancient philofophers with regard to the immortality of the foul . When they are defirous of arming ...
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Side 28 - Her voice was strong and harmonious. Her manly understanding was strengthened and adorned by study. She was not ignorant of the Latin tongue, but possessed in equal perfection the Greek, the Syriac, and the Egyptian languages. She had drawn up for her own use an epitome of Oriental history, and familiarly compared the beauties of Homer and Plato under the tuition of the sublime Longinus.
Side 37 - The fame of Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear, will survive that of the queen who betrayed, or the tyrant who condemned him.
Side 29 - Ctesiphon, laid the foundations of their united fame and power. The armies which they commanded, and the provinces which they had saved, acknowledged not any other sovereigns than their invincible chiefs. The senate and people of Rome revered a stranger who had avenged their captive emperor, and even the insensible son of Valerian accepted Odenathus for his legitimate colleague.
Side 315 - ... were repeatedly addressed to the successors of Trajan are filled with the most pathetic complaints that the Christians, who obeyed the dictates and solicited the liberty of conscience, were alone, among all the subjects of the Roman empire, excluded from the common benefits of their auspicious government. The deaths of a few eminent martyrs have been recorded with care ; and from the time that Christianity was invested with the supreme power, the governors of the church have been no less diligently...
Side 312 - 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, demons were expelled, and the laws of Nature were frequently suspended for the benefit...
Side 310 - ... most worthy of the heavenly present. The names of Seneca, of the elder and the younger Pliny, of Tacitus, of Plutarch, of Galen, of the slave Epictetus, and of the emperor Marcus Antoninus, adorn the age in which they flourished, and exalt the dignity of human nature.
Side 312 - Under the reign of Tiberius, the whole earth, or at least a celebrated province of the Roman empire, was involved in a preternatural darkness of three hours. Even this miraculous event, which ought to have excited the wonder, the curiosity, and the devotion of mankind, passed without notice in an age of science and history.
Side 221 - The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians, derived, it is true, from the Jewish religion, but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit which, instead of inviting, had deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses.
Side 144 - Diocletian, who, from a servile origin, had raised himself to the throne, passed the nine last years of his life in a private condition. Reason had dictated, and content seems to have accompanied, his retreat, in which he enjoyed for a...
Side 48 - SUCH was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors, that, whatever might be their conduct, their fate was commonly the same. A life of pleasure or virtue, of severity or mildness, of indolence or glory, alike led to an untimely grave; and almost every reign is closed by the same disgusting repetition of treason and murder.