 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 Catholic Record - Page 3281876Full view - About this book
 | John Smythe Memes - 1853 - 752 pages
...is given by Mr Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all s sehool, seems to have much prevailed of late, of...Christianity through the sides of Judaism. Some objection : " and I would ask, from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...toleration. of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the...equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition... | |
 | Rev. Pearson (Thomas), Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 630 pages
...paganism of ancient Rome, says, "the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...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... | |
 | Robert Hare - 1855 - 556 pages
...superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the...false ; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. And thus toleration produced, not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. 1291. "The superstition... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1855 - 692 pages
...well-known passage : ' The ' various modes of worship that prevailed in the Roman ' world were all considered by the people as equally ' true, by the...false, and by the ' magistrate as equally useful.' I will not now speak of the first member of this triad. It does not directly concern our present business.... | |
 | Charles Henry Crosse - 1855 - 166 pages
...worship prevailing in the Roman world ? Mr. Gibbon says that " these modes of worship were con" sidered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." What observation does Paley make upon this account ? Paley asks, "From which of these classes could... | |
 | Robert Hare - 1855 - 484 pages
...superstitious, part of 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, as equally false; and by the magistrate, #s equally useful. And thus toleration produced, not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1857 - 684 pages
...the most learned of historians, that "the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were considered by the people as equally true, by...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful ; and this toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." It seems to... | |
 | David Davidson - 1857 - 804 pages
...had rarely been enforced. " 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." Pliny, regardless... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...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... | |
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