 | 1829 - 598 pages
...may be learned from his own avowal. ' As I believed,' he tells us, ' and as I still believe, th.it the propagation of the Gospel ' and the triumph of...and effects of the revolution, and contrasted the nar' ratives and apologies of the Christians themselves, with the ' glances of candour or enmity which... | |
 | Religion - 1830 - 580 pages
...work, may be learned from his own avowal. " As I believed," he tells us, " and as I still believe, that the propagation of the Gospel and the triumph...connected with the decline of the Roman monarchy,! weighed the causes and effects of the revolution, and contrasted the narratives and apologies of the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 396 pages
...political state of the empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the Gospel, and the triumph...inseparably connected with the decline of the Roman monarehy, I weighed the causes and effects of the revolution, and contrasted the narratives and apologies... | |
 | 1846 - 780 pages
...conversion of Constantine and its political associations ; and there may be reason in the argument, | 3 D G[ q f@ ] K] i8 Ss b E 1 / T 5 < -x u7 were connected with the decline of the Roman grandeur. We may arrive at different conclusions by the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Authors, English - 1877 - 238 pages
...political state of the empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the gospel, and the triumph...of the Christians themselves, with the glances of candor or enmity which the Pagans have cast on the rising sects. The Jewish and heathen testimonies,... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - Historians - 1879 - 220 pages
...preparatory studies for the execution of that work, he says, " As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the Gospel and the triumph...revolution, and contrasted the narratives and apologies of tha Christians themselves with the glances of candour or enmity which the pagans have cast on the rising... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 474 pages
...political state of the Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. .'As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the Gospel and the triumph...inseparably connected with the decline of the Roman monarch^ I weighed the causes and effects of the revolution, and contrasted the narratives and apologies... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 pages
...political state of the Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the Gospel and the triumph of the Church are inseparably connected L with the decline of the Roman monarchy, I weighed the causes and effects of the revolution, and contrasted... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1895 - 246 pages
...political state of the empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the gospel, and the triumph...of the Christians themselves, with the glances of candor or enmity which the Pagans have cast on the rising sects. The Jewish and heathen testimonies,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Authors, English - 1896 - 540 pages
...propagation of the gospel and triumph of the Church are inseperably connected with the decline of the Koman Monarchy, I weighed the causes and effects of the...or enmity which the Pagans have cast on the rising sect. The Jewish and Heathen testimonies, as they are collected and illustrated by Dr. Lardner, directed,... | |
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As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the Gospel, and the triumph of the Church, are inseparably connected with the decline of the Roman monarchy, I weighed the causes and effects of the revolution, and contrasted the narratives... 
