 | Henry Hallam - 1818 - 670 pages
...ages. CHAP, 1J&* PART I. T -y Such is the complex reciprocation of good and evil in the dispensations of Providence, that we may assert, with only an apparent...had religion been more pure, it would have been less SOCIETY? permanent, and that Christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions. The sole... | |
 | 1822 - 486 pages
...modified in the dark ages. Such is the complex reciprocation of good and evil in the dispensations of Providence, that we may assert, with only an apparent...christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions. The sole hope for literature depended on the Latin language; and I do not see why that should not have... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1826 - 650 pages
...modified in the dark ages. Such is the complex reciprocation of good and evil in the dispensations of Providence, that we may assert, with only an apparent...Christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions. The sole hope for literature depended on the Latin language ; and I do not see why that should not... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1835 - 386 pages
...modified in the dark ages. Such is the complex reciprocation of good and evil in the dispensations of Providence, that we may assert, with only an apparent...more pure, it would have been less permanent, and thai Christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions. The sole hope for literature depended... | |
 | 1837 - 1068 pages
...which it must of different from the paradoxicnl assertion of Hallam, in respect to the same period, an Biblical Repository The corruptions which Hallam specifies, are " the papal supremacy, the monastic institutions, and the... | |
 | 1837 - 548 pages
...which it must of different from the paradoxical assertion of Hallam, in respect to the earne period, "that, had religion been more pure, it would have...Christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions." The corruptions which Hallam specifies, are " the papal supremacy, the monastic institutions, and the... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1844 - 206 pages
...this dreadful darkness, deliberately declares the monstrous falsehood, that " had religion been less pure, it would have been less permanent, and that...Christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions." If you wish for an amusing instance of absurd reasoning worthy of the darkness of the ages he is dwelling... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 582 pages
...modified in the dark ages. Such is the complex reciprocation of good and evil in the dispensations of Providence, that we may assert, with only an apparent...Christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions. The sole hope for literature depended on the Latin language ; and I do not see why that should not... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1856 - 576 pages
...modified in the dark ages. Such is the complex reciprocation of good and evil in the dispensations of Providence, that we may assert, with only an apparent...would have been less permanent, and that Christianity lias been preserved by means of its corruptions. The sole hope for literature depended on the Latin... | |
 | James Oswald Dykes, James Stuart Candlish, Hugh Sinclair Paterson, Joseph Samuel Exell - 1858 - 970 pages
...notice, but shall certainly not take the trouble to refute, the extraordinary assertion of Hallam, that " had religion been more pure it would have been...Christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions." With all our respect for the eminent historian, we cannot hesitate to stigmatize such an averment as... | |
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Providence, that we may assert, with only an apparent paradox, that, had religion been more pure, it would have been less permanent, and that Christianity has been preserved by means of its corruptions. 
