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" He frankly, or at least indirectly, declares, that in treating of the last persecution, "he has related whatever might redound to the glory, and suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, of religion."-!- Dr. "
The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ... - Page 554
by Edward Gibbon - 1814
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volume 5

Edward Gibbon - 1817 - 274 pages
...exclaims that we fhould hear Eufebius, before we utterly condemn him, has provided, with the affiftance of his worthy colleague, an elaborate defence for their common patron ; and as if he were fecretly confcious of the weaknefs of the caufe, he has contrived the refource of intrenching himfelf...
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Syntagma of the Evidences of the Christian Religion: Being a Vindication of ...

Robert Taylor - 1828 - 132 pages
...pious principle, as the rule of his fidelity as an historian, and takes a pride to himself in having related whatever might redound to the glory, and SUPPRESSED all that could tend to the disgrace of reli"ion " Gibbon vol. 2, p. 480. Of the power of the Roman Emperors, and of all Christian kings, princes,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...their venerable leader, I had taken notice of two very remarkable passages of the bishop of Cresarea. He frankly, or at least indirectly, declares, that...defence for their common patron ; and as if he were secretly conscious of the weakness of the cause, he has contrived the resource of intrenching himself...
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The Esoteric Basis of Christianity: Or, Theosophy and Christian Doctrine

William Kingsland - 1895 - 274 pages
...cheating for the benefit of his religion, and makes the following boast : " I have repeated whatever may redound to the glory, and suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace of our religion. " Eusebius, Prceparatio Evangelica, Bk.XII.Ch. 31. The fetish of the Bible has been such,...
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Faiths of Man: A Cyclopædia of Religions, Volume 2

James George Roche Forlong - 1906 - 610 pages
...and Fall, ii, 79) says that: " Eusebius himself indirectly confesses that he has related that which might redound to the glory, and suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, of religion." Baronius was a sincere Christian, yet he calls Eusebius a " falsifier of history, a wily sycophant,...
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History of Christianity: Comprising All that Relates to the Progress of the ...

Edward Gibbon - 1916 - 1006 pages
...their venerable leader, I had taken notice of two very remarkable passages of the Bishop of Caesarea. He frankly, or at least indirectly, declares, that...suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace, of Re" ligion.""* Dr. Chelsum, who, on this occasion, most lamentably exclaims that we should hear Eusebius,...
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Classical Christianity and the Political Order: Reflections on the ...

Ernest L. Fortin - 1996 - 442 pages
...the suggestion that Eusebius's naivete was more apparent than real, since by his own admission he had "related whatever might redound to the glory, and . . . suppressed all that could tend to the discredit, of religion."57 Orosius's only excuse was his ignorance or his monumental shaliowness. Unfortunately,...
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The Esoteric Basis of Christianity Or Theosophy and Christian Doctrine

William Kingsland - 1996 - 256 pages
...cheating for the benefit of his religion, and makes the following boast : " I have repeated whatever may redound to the glory, and suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace of our religion. Eusebius, Prceparatio Evangelica, Bk.XIt.Ch. 31. The fetish of the Bible has been such,...
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That Old-Time Religion

Jordan Maxwell, Paul Tice, Alan Snow - 2000 - 128 pages
...perspective, but from a Christian, and biased, one. He wrote, "I have repeated whatever may rebound to the glory, and suppressed all that could tend to the disgrace of our religion." From the very beginning the Church had suppressed opposing information which, in some...
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