An Apology for Christianity: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to Edward Gibbon Esq.; Author of the Declineand Fall of the Roman EmpireT. & T. Merrill, 1777 - 304 עמודים |
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עמוד 7
... Pliny thought proper , for want of other crimes , to punish with death in the Christians of his province . -We are agreed too , that the zeal of the Chriftians was intole- rant ; for it denounced tribulation and anguish upon every foul ...
... Pliny thought proper , for want of other crimes , to punish with death in the Christians of his province . -We are agreed too , that the zeal of the Chriftians was intole- rant ; for it denounced tribulation and anguish upon every foul ...
עמוד 139
... Pliny , in his letter to Trajan , exprefly fays , that the Chriftians left them off , upon his publishing an edict prohibiting affemblies ; and we know , that in the council of Carthage , in the fourth cen- tury , on account of the ...
... Pliny , in his letter to Trajan , exprefly fays , that the Chriftians left them off , upon his publishing an edict prohibiting affemblies ; and we know , that in the council of Carthage , in the fourth cen- tury , on account of the ...
עמוד 143
... Pliny , have fpoken fo flightly of the Christian fyftem ; fystem ; and that Seneca and the elder Pliny have ( 143 )
... Pliny , have fpoken fo flightly of the Christian fyftem ; fystem ; and that Seneca and the elder Pliny have ( 143 )
עמוד 144
... Pliny have not vouchfafed to affold mention it at all . This diffi- culty feems to have struck others , duter to as well as yourself ; and I might refer you to the conclufion of the fecond volume of Dr. Lardner's Collection of Ancient ...
... Pliny have not vouchfafed to affold mention it at all . This diffi- culty feems to have struck others , duter to as well as yourself ; and I might refer you to the conclufion of the fecond volume of Dr. Lardner's Collection of Ancient ...
עמוד 146
... Pliny punished and they were every where helds in exceeding con- tempt , till their numbers excited the apprehenfion of the ruling powersqThe philofophers con- fidered fidered them as enthusiasts , and neglected them ; the ( ( 146 ) )
... Pliny punished and they were every where helds in exceeding con- tempt , till their numbers excited the apprehenfion of the ruling powersqThe philofophers con- fidered fidered them as enthusiasts , and neglected them ; the ( ( 146 ) )
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