Remarks on Ecclesiastical History, Volume 2Lackington, Allen, and Company, 1805 - Church history |
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... mentioning in what language it was written , seems to speak rather of an emblem or picture than of a writing . Add to this , that in the standard which Constantine ordered to be made in form of a cross , in memory of this omen , he ...
... mentioning in what language it was written , seems to speak rather of an emblem or picture than of a writing . Add to this , that in the standard which Constantine ordered to be made in form of a cross , in memory of this omen , he ...
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... mentions some things which are not to the honour of Athana- sius . Philostorgius indeed was an Arian ; but there is no good reason why we should follow the example of modern ecclesiastical historians , and believe every thing that the ...
... mentions some things which are not to the honour of Athana- sius . Philostorgius indeed was an Arian ; but there is no good reason why we should follow the example of modern ecclesiastical historians , and believe every thing that the ...
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... mentions such a miracle of an army de- scending from heaven to assist that prince against Maxentius . In ore denique est omnium Galliarum , ex- ercitus visos , qui se divinitus missos præ se ferebant — Illi cœlo lapsi , illi divinitus ...
... mentions such a miracle of an army de- scending from heaven to assist that prince against Maxentius . In ore denique est omnium Galliarum , ex- ercitus visos , qui se divinitus missos præ se ferebant — Illi cœlo lapsi , illi divinitus ...
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... mentions with approbation , and they shew how even such men as he were not free from superstition . Constantine was perhaps the first Christian who was buried in a church , which afterwards became a common practice , There is a story ...
... mentions with approbation , and they shew how even such men as he were not free from superstition . Constantine was perhaps the first Christian who was buried in a church , which afterwards became a common practice , There is a story ...
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... mention of this saint . The greatest of all wonders , which is said to have happened in the days of Constantine , was the dis- covery of the true Cross , which immediately produced the superstitious veneration of it , and ended in the ...
... mention of this saint . The greatest of all wonders , which is said to have happened in the days of Constantine , was the dis- covery of the true Cross , which immediately produced the superstitious veneration of it , and ended in the ...
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Page 33 - Alexandria, who had it in his power to insult, vex, and ' plague all the bishops within and without his jurisdiction ; by 'the dread of passing for heretics, and of being calumniated, 'reviled, hated, anathematized, excommunicated, imprisoned, ' banished, fined, beggared, starved, if they refused to submit ; ' by compliance with some active...