The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 2

John Murray, 1854

THE PROGRESS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE SEN	1

CONTENTS	4

The Gnostics	14

Abhorrence of the Christians for Idolatry	22

THE FOURTH CAUSE Virtues of the First Christians	40

Their Aversion to the Business of War and Government	46

Arts	49

Provincial Councils	54

CONSTANTIUS SOLE EMPEROR ELEVATION AND DEATH	292

He is sent to Athens	302

Constantius visits Rome	308

Zeal for Christianity	335

THE MOTIVES PROGRESS AND EFFECTS OF THE CONVERSION	338

Theory and Practice of Passive Obedience	344

Manners of the Sarmatians	346

Expectation and Belief of a Miracle	350

Distribution of the Revenue	61

The Scepticism of the Pagan World proved favourable to	67

In Egypt	73

Whether the First Christians were Mean and Ignorant	79

THE CONDUCT OF THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT TOWARDS	86

Festivals	90

Christianity accused of Atheism and mistaken by the People	92

Various Incitements to Martyrdom	98

Supposed Edicts of Tiberius and Marcus Antoninus	133

PAGE	142

Demolition of the Church of Nicomedia	150

The Prætorian Prefect	151

PAGE	160

Galerius publishes an Edict of Toleration	164

FOUNDATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE POLITICAL SYSTEM	175

State of the Christians in the Reigns of Commodus	180

or 334 Dedication	196

Use of Torture	230

Of Maximin Philip and Decius	244

140	252

Paul of Samosata his Manners	260

Death and Funeral of Constantine	266

Death of Tiridates	272

Murder of Constans	278

Battle of Mursa	286

The Fourth Eclogue of Virgil	360

23	365

State of the Bishops under the Christian Emperors	370

PERSECUTION OF HERESY THE SCHISM OF THE DONATISTS	386

The System of Plato	392

Heterodox Opinions of Arius	404

THE SECOND CAUSE The Doctrine of the Immortality	405

Council of Rimini	416

Persecution against Athanasius	426

His Restoration	432

Exiles	438

Their Religious Suicides	456

JULIAN IS DECLARED EMPEROR BY THE LEGIONS OF GAul	463

Fruitless Treaty and Declaration of War	475

Doctrine of the Millennium	480

Death of Constantius	485

Conflagration of Rome and of the World	500

THE RELIGION OF JULIAN UNIVERSAL TOLERATION	503

The Pagans devoted to Eternal Punishment	510

Universal Toleration	519

Julian attempts to Rebuild the Temple	534

Were often Converted by their Fears	540

Removal of the Dead Bodies and Conflagration of	549

He is Persecuted and Expelled by Julian	556

Their Truth contested

Tittel	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 2 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
Forfatter	Edward Gibbon
Redaktør	Henry George Bohn (Londres)
Utgiver	John Murray, 1854
Original fra	Complutense-universitetet i Madrid
Digitalisert	13. apr 2010

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