The Works of Edward Gibbon, Volume 3F. DeFau, 1906 - Byzantine Empire |
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... persons of either sex , and every age and character , insensible to the fear of death or infamy , should consent to violate those principles which nature and education had imprinted most deeply in their minds.20 19 See Justin Martyr ...
... persons of either sex , and every age and character , insensible to the fear of death or infamy , should consent to violate those principles which nature and education had imprinted most deeply in their minds.20 19 See Justin Martyr ...
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... persons who had been witnesses to the miracles of Christ were permitted , beyond the limits of Palestine , to seal with their blood the truth of their testimony . " From the ordinary term * See in the xviiith and xxvth chapters of the ...
... persons who had been witnesses to the miracles of Christ were permitted , beyond the limits of Palestine , to seal with their blood the truth of their testimony . " From the ordinary term * See in the xviiith and xxvth chapters of the ...
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... person and dignity on the theatre be deemed incapable of the most extravagant folly . The voice of ru- mour accused the emperor as the incendiary of his own capital ; and , as the most incredible stories are the best adapted to the ...
... person and dignity on the theatre be deemed incapable of the most extravagant folly . The voice of ru- mour accused the emperor as the incendiary of his own capital ; and , as the most incredible stories are the best adapted to the ...
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... persons who were strangers to the blood or religion of the Jews , it was impossible that the Christians , " See Dodwell . Paucitat . Mart . 1. xiii . The Spanish Inscription in Gruter , p . 238 , No. 9 , is a manifest and acknowledged ...
... persons who were strangers to the blood or religion of the Jews , it was impossible that the Christians , " See Dodwell . Paucitat . Mart . 1. xiii . The Spanish Inscription in Gruter , p . 238 , No. 9 , is a manifest and acknowledged ...
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... persons are said to have ap- peared , distinguished by their extraction , which was more truly noble than that of the greatest monarchs . These were the grandsons of St. Jude the apostle , who himself was the brother of Jesus Christ ...
... persons are said to have ap- peared , distinguished by their extraction , which was more truly noble than that of the greatest monarchs . These were the grandsons of St. Jude the apostle , who himself was the brother of Jesus Christ ...
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Page 81 - But I cannot determine what I ought to transcribe, till I am satisfied how much I ought to believe. The gravest of the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly confesses that he has related whatever might redound to the glory, and that he has suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, of religion.
Page 282 - If Julian could now revisit the capital of France, he might converse with men of science and genius, capable of understanding and of instructing a disciple of the Greeks; he might excuse the lively and graceful follies of a nation, whose martial spirit has never been enervated by the indulgence of luxury; and he must applaud the perfection of that inestimable art, which softens and refines and embellishes the intercourse of social life.
Page 16 - With this view," continues Tacitus,^ " he inflicted the most exquisite tortures on those men who, under the vulgar appellation of Christians, were already branded with deserved infamy. They derived their name and origin from Christ, who, in the reign of Tiberius, had suffered death by the sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilate.
Page 5 - Rome, to enjoy municipal honours, and to obtain at the same time an exemption from the burdensome and expensive offices of society. The moderation or the contempt of the Romans gave a legal sanction to the form of ecclesiastical police which was instituted by the vanquished sect. The patriarch, who had fixed his residence at Tiberias, was empowered to appoint his subordinate ministers and apostles, to exercise a domestic jurisdiction, and to receive from his dispersed brethren an annual contribution.
Page 81 - Such an acknowledgment will naturally excite a suspicion that a writer who has so openly violated one of the fundamental laws of history has not paid a very strict regard to the observance of the other...
Page 10 - ... presented like some mystic symbol of initiation to the knife of the proselyte, who unknowingly inflicted many a secret and mortal wound on the innocent victim of his error ; that as soon as the cruel deed was perpetrated the sectaries drank up the blood, greedily tore asunder the quivering members, and pledged themselves to eternal secrecy by a mutual consciousness of guilt.
Page 96 - Turkish oppression, still exhibit a rich prospect of vineyards, of gardens, and of plentiful harvests ; and the Propontis has ever been renowned for an inexhaustible store of the most exquisite fish, that are taken in their stated seasons, without skill, and almost without labour.
Page 347 - Athanasius himself, has candidly confessed that, whenever he forced his understanding to meditate on the divinity of the Logos, his toilsome and unavailing efforts recoiled on themselves; that the more he thought, the less he comprehended; and the more he wrote, the less capable was he of expressing his thoughts.
Page 374 - We have seldom an opportunity of observing, either in active or speculative life, what effect may be produced, or what obstacles may be surmounted, by the force of a single mind when it is inflexibly applied to the pursuit of a single object. The immortal name of Athanasius *7 will never be separated from the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity, to whose defence he consecrated every moment and every faculty of his being.
Page 95 - We are at present qualified to view the advantageous position of Constantinople, which appears to have been formed by nature for the centre and capital of a great monarchy. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the Imperial city commanded, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia; the climate was healthy and temperate, the soil fertile, the harbour secure and capacious, and the approach on the side of the continent was of small extent and easy defence.