| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 472 pages
...their subjects. The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true ; by the philosopher,...equally false ; and by the magistrate, as equally usefu1. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence; but even religious concord. of the... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1817 - 738 pages
...various modes of worship," s'aye Mr. Gibbto, '* wblck -prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful. — The devout p^olytheist, though fondly attached to his national rites, admitted, with implicit faith,... | |
| William Jones - Albigenses - 1819 - 626 pages
...following words. "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher...equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord."* • Decline... | |
| William Paley - Theology - 1823 - 396 pages
...The various modes of worship 'which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered i -/-' < i• people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful :" and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look... | |
| William Paley - 1824 - 408 pages
...Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful :" and I woufd ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look... | |
| William Paley - Apologetics - 1824 - 426 pages
...Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful :" and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look... | |
| William Paley, Edmund Paley - Bible - 1825 - 478 pages
...by Mr. Gibbon: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful:" and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...Empire observes : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Romau world, were all considered carrying away into Babylon unto Christ art fou (Gibbon's Rome, vol. i. ch. 2.) But Ğla Christianity began to spread extensive); and was found hostile... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1825 - 594 pages
...present age. "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the, magistrate as equally useful. The devout Polytheist, though fondly attached to his national rites, admitted, with implicit faith,... | |
| 1825 - 600 pages
...present age. ' The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful. The devout Polytheist, though fondly attached to his national rites, admitted, with implicit; faith,... | |
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