 | 1793 - 738 pages
...and although his mind was tainted by the contagion of fanaticifm, Athanafiui difplaycd a fuperiority of character and abilities, which would have qualified him, far better than the degenerate fons of Conftantine, for the government of a great monarchy. His learning was much lefs profound and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 498 pages
...archbishop of Alexandria was patient of labour, jealous of fame, careless of safety ; and although his mind was tainted by the contagion of fanaticism,...qualified him, far better than the degenerate sons of Constantino, for the government of a great monarcby. His learning was much less profound and extensive... | |
 | Arminianism - 1845 - 694 pages
...Archbishop of Alexandria was patient of labour, jealous of fame, careless of safety ; and although his mind was tainted by the contagion of fanaticism,*...less profound and extensive than that of Eusebius of Ciesarea, and his rude eloquence could not be compared with the polished oratory of Gregory or Basil... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 830 pages
...Athano; nets: " Amidst the storms of perseettion, he was patient of labour ; jealous of fame ; carScss of safety : and though his mind was tainted by the...character and abilities, which would have qualified him, much betttr than the degenerate sons of Constantine, for the government of a great empire. His learning... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1837 - 1304 pages
...archbishop of Alexandria was patient of labour, jealous of fame, careless of safety ; and although his mind was tainted by the contagion of fanaticism,...Athanasius displayed a superiority of character and abilities,which would have qualified him, far better than the degenerate sons of Constantine, for the... | |
 | 1838 - 1056 pages
...thus describes the labours and character of Athanasius : — " Amidst the storms of persecution he was patient of labour, jealous of fame, careless of...character and abilities which would have qualified him, much better than the degenerate sons of Constantine, for the government of a great empire. His learning... | |
 | Christianity - 1855 - 534 pages
...still humble, temper, which extorts even from Gibbon (amongst other praises) the admission that he ' displayed a superiority of character and abilities,...Constantine, for the government of a great monarchy.' If Christianity was saved from lapsing from Trinitarianism into Arianism, from Arianism into Socinianism,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 pages
...careless of safety ; and although his minci was tainted by the contagion of fanaticism, Athanaeius displayed a superiority of character and abilities,...qualified him, far better than the degenerate sons of Constantino, for the government of a great monarchy. His learning was much less profound and extensive... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1843 - 588 pages
...archbishop of Alexandria was patient of labour, jealous of fame, careless of safety ; and although his mind was tainted by the contagion of fanaticism,...less profound and extensive than that of Eusebius ol Caesarea, and his rude eloquence could not be compared with the polished oratory of Gregory or Basil... | |
 | Theology - 1859 - 606 pages
...people of Alexandria. Even Gibbon, ever ready to sneer at the saints of the Church, confesses that Athanasius " displayed a superiority of character...have qualified him, far better than the degenerate sous of Constantine, for the government of a great monarchy." It remains to notice what was the actual... | |
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Amidst the storms of persecution, the archbishop of Alexandria was patient of labour, jealous of fame, careless of safety; and although his mind was tainted by the contagion of fanaticism, Athanasius displayed a superiority of character and abilities,... 
