 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. By the industry and zeal of the Europeans it has been...  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Side 504av Edward Gibbon - 1875Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
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...Empire. After a revolution of thirteen or fourteen centuries, that religion is still professed by the nations of Europe, the most distinguished portion...human kind in arts and learning as well as in arms." 2 (emphasis mine) Not only did Gibbon assert and confirm Christianity's improbable rise in the Roman... | |
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