 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 530 sider
...1 ought to believe. The gravest of » the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, inI directly confesses, that he has related whatever might redound to the glory, and that he has N^J suppressed, all that could tend to the disgrace of religion *. Such an acknowledgment will naturally... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 520 sider
...triumph, or to discover the relics, of those canonized saints who suffered for the name of Christ. But I cannot determine what I ought to transcribe, till...has suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, t See Eusehius, lib. 8. c. 14. lib. 9. c. 2—8. Lactantins de MP c. 36. These writers agree in representing... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1828 - 286 sider
...ycleped) the New Testa-ment. Gibbon says of our grand historian : "Eusebius indirectly confesses that be has related whatever might redound to the glory, and...suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, of religion." (Decl. and Fall, ch. 16 ; vol. 2, p. 49o) After speaking of the Christian who first endeavoured... | |
 | George Wilson Bridges - 1828 - 536 sider
...adopt the unpopular expedient of a dissolution. From the work of a credulous or crafty enthusiast, I cannot determine what I ought to transcribe, till I am satisfied how much I ought to believe ; nor is it a pleasing task to winnow out the few grains of truth which are contained in a mass of... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 1829 - 466 sider
...never existed. 3. That Eusebius himself indirectly confesses that he has acted on this principle, " that he has related whatever might redound to the glory, and that he has suppressed * Ensb. Eccl.Hist., lib. ir. c. 22. all that could tend to the disgrace of religion."* And that " if... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 1834 - 460 sider
...never existed. 3. That Eusebius himself indirectly confesses that he has acted on this principle, " that he has related whatever might redound to the...suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace of religion." * And that "if we subtract falsifications, interpolations and evident improbabilities, his... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1835 - 422 sider
...determine what I ought to transcribe, till I am satisfied how much I ought to believe. The gravest of ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly...to the glory, and that he has suppressed all that would tend to the disgrace of religion. Such an acknowledgment will naturally excite a suspicion, that... | |
 | 1835 - 424 sider
...Speaking of the sufferings of the martyrs during the persecution under Diocletian, he says, " But I cannot determine * what I ought to transcribe, till...satisfied how much I ought to believe. The gravest of ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly confesses, that he has related whatever might... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 588 sider
...saints who suffered for the name of Christ. But I cannot determine what I ought to transcribe, till 1 am satisfied how much I ought to believe. The gravest of the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius*himself, indirectly confesses, that he has related whatever might redound to the glory, and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 588 sider
...historians, Eusebius1 himself, indirectly confesses, that he has related whatever might redound to ti» glory, and that he has suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, of religion.(178) Such an acknowledgment will naturally excite a suspicion that a writer who has so openly... | |
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The gravest of the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly confesses, that he has related whatever might redound to the glory, and that he has suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, of religion. 
