The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 2Published for Lackington, 1820 |
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... , a periodical and official dispatch which the emperors re- ceived from the frumentarii , or agents dispersed through the provinces . Of these we may speak hereafter . 1 CHAP . XI . 66 " have indisposed towards us в 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
... , a periodical and official dispatch which the emperors re- ceived from the frumentarii , or agents dispersed through the provinces . Of these we may speak hereafter . 1 CHAP . XI . 66 " have indisposed towards us в 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
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... Roman purple . Those virtues however , were celebrated with peculiar zeal and complacency by the courtly writers of the age of Constantine , who was the great grandson of Crispus , the elder brother of Claudius . The voice of flattery ...
... Roman purple . Those virtues however , were celebrated with peculiar zeal and complacency by the courtly writers of the age of Constantine , who was the great grandson of Crispus , the elder brother of Claudius . The voice of flattery ...
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Side 263 - Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth. To this inquiry an obvious but satisfactory answer may be returned ; that it was owing to the convincing evidence of the doctrine itself, and to the ruling providence of its great Author.
Side 381 - Moses might be for the most part frivolous or absurd; yet, since they had been received during many ages by a large society, his followers were justified by the example of mankind, and it was universally acknowledged that they had a right to practise what it would have been criminal in them to neglect. But this principle, which protected the Jewish synagogue, afforded not any favour or security to the primitive church. By embracing the faith of the Gospel the Christians incurred the supposed guilt...
Side 105 - Hesperides, and was afterwards broken into the rocks and caverns of Thrace. The subterraneous pipes conveyed an inexhaustible supply of water, and what had just before appeared a level plain might be suddenly converted into a wide lake, covered with armed vessels, and replenished with the monsters of the deep.
Side 262 - Nor was the influence of Christianity confined to the period or to the limits of the Roman empire. After a revolution of thirteen or fourteen centuries, that religion is still professed by the nations of Europe, the most distinguished portion of human kind in arts and learning, as well as in arms.
Side 325 - The public functions of religion were solely intrusted to the established ministers of the church, the bishops and the presbyters; two appellations which, in their first origin, appear to have distinguished the same office and the same order of persons. The name of Presbyter was expressive of their age, or rather of their gravity and wisdom. The title of Bishop denoted their inspection over the faith and manners of the Christians who were committed to their pastoral care.
Side 379 - ... brethren an annual contribution.* New synagogues were frequently erected in the principal cities of the empire; and the sabbaths, the fasts, and the festivals, which were either commanded by the Mosaic law or enjoined by the traditions of the Rabbis, were celebrated in the most solemn and public manner.* Such gentle treatment insensibly assuaged the stern temper of the Jews.
Side 419 - But the general assertion of Origen may be explained and confirmed by the particular testimony of his friend Dionysius, who, in the immense city of Alexandria, and under the rigorous persecution of Decius, reckons only ten men and seven women who suffered for the profession of the Christian name.
Side 264 - The miraculous powers ascribed to the primitive church. IV. The pure and austere morals of the Christians. V. The union and discipline of the Christian republic, which gradually formed an independent and increasing state in the heart of the Roman empire.
Side 474 - Among the Important cares which have occupied our mind for the utility and preservation of the empire, it was our intention to correct and reestablish all things according to the ancient laws and public discipline of the Romans. We were particularly desirous of reclaiming into the way of reason and nature the deluded Christians who had renounced the religion and ceremonies instituted by their fathers...
Side 304 - Nature for the service of religion, the Christian church, from the time of the apostles and their first disciples, has claimed an uninterrupted succession of miraculous powers, the gift of tongues, of vision, and of prophecy, the power of expelling daemons, of healing the sick, and of raising the dead.