The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1802 - Byzantine Empire |
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Page 121
... worship of images had ftolen into the church by infenfible degrees , and each petty ftep was pleafing to the fuperftitious mind , as productive of comfort and innocent of fin . But in the beginning of the eighth century , in the full ...
... worship of images had ftolen into the church by infenfible degrees , and each petty ftep was pleafing to the fuperftitious mind , as productive of comfort and innocent of fin . But in the beginning of the eighth century , in the full ...
Page 126
... worship was a corruption of Chriftianity and a renewal of Pa- ganism ; that all fuch monuments of idolatry fhould be broken or erazed ; and that those who fhould refufe to deliver the objects of their private fuperftition , were guilty ...
... worship was a corruption of Chriftianity and a renewal of Pa- ganism ; that all fuch monuments of idolatry fhould be broken or erazed ; and that those who fhould refufe to deliver the objects of their private fuperftition , were guilty ...
Page 165
... worship of images is agreeable to fcripture and reafon , to the fathers and councils of the church : but they hesitate whether that worship be relative or direct ; whether the Godhead , and the figure , of Chrift , be entitled to the ...
... worship of images is agreeable to fcripture and reafon , to the fathers and councils of the church : but they hesitate whether that worship be relative or direct ; whether the Godhead , and the figure , of Chrift , be entitled to the ...
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