The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1802 - Byzantine Empire |
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... reason to believe that those haughty nobles derived their origin from a futler . 95 In the year of Rome 800 , very few remained , not only of the old Patrician families , but even of those which had been created by Cæfar and Auguftus ...
... reason to believe that those haughty nobles derived their origin from a futler . 95 In the year of Rome 800 , very few remained , not only of the old Patrician families , but even of those which had been created by Cæfar and Auguftus ...
Page 309
... reason , of an attachment to the Novatian doctrine . The emperor faid to the bishop , " Acelius , take a ladder , and get up to Heaven by yourself . " Moft of the Chriftian fects have , by turns , borrowed the ladder of Acelius . 6 The ...
... reason , of an attachment to the Novatian doctrine . The emperor faid to the bishop , " Acelius , take a ladder , and get up to Heaven by yourself . " Moft of the Chriftian fects have , by turns , borrowed the ladder of Acelius . 6 The ...
Page 374
... reason was indeed on the fide of Athanafius ) was filenced by the cla- mours of a factious or venal majority ; and the councils of Arles and Milan were not diffolved , till the archbishop of Alexandria had been fo- lemnly condemned and ...
... reason was indeed on the fide of Athanafius ) was filenced by the cla- mours of a factious or venal majority ; and the councils of Arles and Milan were not diffolved , till the archbishop of Alexandria had been fo- lemnly condemned and ...
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