The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 pages |
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Page 190
... interests of the prefent generation . In the confideration of a fubject which may be converfion examined with impartiality , but cannot be viewed with indifference , a difficulty immediately arifes of a very unexpected nature ; that of ...
... interests of the prefent generation . In the confideration of a fubject which may be converfion examined with impartiality , but cannot be viewed with indifference , a difficulty immediately arifes of a very unexpected nature ; that of ...
Page 203
... interest of religion , gradually abated the horror of war and bloodshed , which had fo long prevailed among the Chriftians ; and in the coun- cils which were affembled under the gracious pro- tection of Constantine , the authority of ...
... interest of religion , gradually abated the horror of war and bloodshed , which had fo long prevailed among the Chriftians ; and in the coun- cils which were affembled under the gracious pro- tection of Constantine , the authority of ...
Page 308
... interests of a pópular ecclefiaftic . The example of the two capitals , Rome and Conftantinople , may ferve to represent the state of the empire , and the temper of mankind , under the reign of the fons of Conftantine . Rome . I. The ...
... interests of a pópular ecclefiaftic . The example of the two capitals , Rome and Conftantinople , may ferve to represent the state of the empire , and the temper of mankind , under the reign of the fons of Conftantine . Rome . I. The ...
Page 325
... interest and reason , now militated on the fide of Christianity ; but two or three generations elapfed , before their victorious influence was univerfally felt . The religion which had fo long and fo lately been eftablished in the Roman ...
... interest and reason , now militated on the fide of Christianity ; but two or three generations elapfed , before their victorious influence was univerfally felt . The religion which had fo long and fo lately been eftablished in the Roman ...
Page 384
... interest of the clergy . The Suburbicarian churches , affigned by Rufinus ) to the bishop of Rome , have been made the fubject of vehement controverfy . ( See Sirmond . Opera , tom . iv . p . 1-238 . ) 127 We have only thirty - three or ...
... interest of the clergy . The Suburbicarian churches , affigned by Rufinus ) to the bishop of Rome , have been made the fubject of vehement controverfy . ( See Sirmond . Opera , tom . iv . p . 1-238 . ) 127 We have only thirty - three or ...
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