 | Rev. Pearson (Thomas), Thomas Pearson - Atheism - 1854 - 630 pages
...little what quiet shape it may assume in others. Gibbon, speaking of the paganism of ancient Rome, says, "the various modes of worship which prevailed in the...false,- and by the magistrate as equally useful." The comment of some one is, "after eighteen centuries of the Gospel, we seem unhappily to be coming... | |
 | Robert Hare - Bible and spiritualism - 1855 - 556 pages
...the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. 1291. "The superstition of the people was not imbittered by any mixture of theological rancour; nor... | |
 | Robert Hare - Spiritualism - 1855 - 484 pages
...the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, #s equally useful. And thus toleration produced, not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Education - 1855 - 692 pages
...of the book itself. Gibbon has said in a well-known passage : ' The ' various modes of worship that prevailed in the Roman ' world were all considered...false, and by the ' magistrate as equally useful.' I will not now speak of the first member of this triad. It does not directly concern our present business.... | |
 | William Paley - Apologetics - 1855 - 522 pages
...measure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful ;" and I would ask from which... | |
 | Charles Henry Crosse - Christianity - 1855 - 166 pages
...worship prevailing in the Roman world ? Mr. Gibbon says that " these modes of worship were con" sidered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." What observation does Paley make upon this account ? Paley asks, "From which of these classes could... | |
 | David Davidson - 1857 - 804 pages
...recognised by the Romans, had been by custom a dead letter in all ages : it had rarely been enforced. " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." Pliny, regardless alike of the homage due to God and to the law of the empire, expelled from his heart... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...historian. Gibbon had insidiously, though too unequivocally, evinced his adoption of infidel principles. ' The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all,' he remarks, ' considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by... | |
 | William Paley - 1859 - 408 pages
...measure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : ' The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful :' and I would ask, from which... | |
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The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. 
