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. The Quarterly Review - Página 72editado por - 1840Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John David Macbride - 1848 - 1080 páginas
...chapter with the remark, that " the various modes of worship that prevailed within its limits were considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus, he continues, toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, buteven religious concord.... | |
| 1848 - 596 páginas
...Gibbon, as existing in the later days of the Roman empire, when all systems of religion were regarded by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the state as equally indifferent. It is scarcely necessary to say, that we regard such a scheme as alike... | |
| 1851 - 616 páginas
...the superstitious part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Itoman world were all considered by the people as equally...equally false, and by the magistrate, as equally useful : and thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 páginas
...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...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful.' Some feeling of this kind constituted the whole of his religious belief; and hence in the fifteenth... | |
| William Paley - 1851 - 766 páginas
...various modes of worship which prevailed in the Koinan world, were all considered liy the people a» "But nnw having no more place in th :** and I would nskfrom which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1852 - 666 páginas
...habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship, which prevai'id in the Roman world, were all considered by the people,...false ; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition... | |
| John Smythe Memes - 1853 - 752 páginas
...measure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr Gibbon : " F CHRISTIANITY. WE acknowledge : " and I would ask, from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look... | |
| Rev. Pearson (Thomas), Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 630 páginas
...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... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 páginas
...J^™1 the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part toleration. of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition... | |
| Robert Hare - 1855 - 556 páginas
...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...false ; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And thus toleration produced, not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. 1291. "The superstition... | |
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