The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 pages |
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... Christianity 312-438 . Change of the national Religion . Diftinction of the fpiritual and temporal Powers State of the Bishops under the Chriftian Emperors , I. Election of Bishops II . Ordination of the Clergy 219 221 222 224 225 III ...
... Christianity 312-438 . Change of the national Religion . Diftinction of the fpiritual and temporal Powers State of the Bishops under the Chriftian Emperors , I. Election of Bishops II . Ordination of the Clergy 219 221 222 224 225 III ...
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... Christianity may be confidered as one of those important and do- meftic revolutions which excite the most lively curiofity , and afford the most valuable inftruction . The victories and the civil policy of Conftantine no longer ...
... Christianity may be confidered as one of those important and do- meftic revolutions which excite the most lively curiofity , and afford the most valuable inftruction . The victories and the civil policy of Conftantine no longer ...
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... Christianity of Conftantine must be allowed in a much more vague and qua- lified fenfe ; and the niceft accuracy is ... Christ , and to un- derstand that the truth of his revelation was in- compatible with the worship of the gods . The ...
... Christianity of Conftantine must be allowed in a much more vague and qua- lified fenfe ; and the niceft accuracy is ... Christ , and to un- derstand that the truth of his revelation was in- compatible with the worship of the gods . The ...
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... Christians and the Pagans watched the conduct of their fovereign with the fame anxiety , but with very opposite fentiments . The former were prompted by every motive of zeal , as well as va- nity , to exaggerate the marks of his favour ...
... Christians and the Pagans watched the conduct of their fovereign with the fame anxiety , but with very opposite fentiments . The former were prompted by every motive of zeal , as well as va- nity , to exaggerate the marks of his favour ...
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... Christ , and for the God of the Chriftians " , A. D. 313 , March . Edict of Milan . 14 About five months after the conqueft of Italy , the emperor made a folemn and authentic decla- ration of his fentiments , by the celebrated edict of ...
... Christ , and for the God of the Chriftians " , A. D. 313 , March . Edict of Milan . 14 About five months after the conqueft of Italy , the emperor made a folemn and authentic decla- ration of his fentiments , by the celebrated edict of ...
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