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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2 of 6 (Classic Reprint)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 2 of 6 - Classic Reprint Author:Edward Gibbon TUB — HI — STORY — THE DECLINE AND E ALL — the conduct of the roman government towards the christians, from the reign of nero to that of. constantine. — If we seriously consider the purity of the Christian religion, the sanctity of its moral precepts, and' the innocent as well as austere lives of the greater Dumber of those who during the first, ages... more » embraced the faith of the gospel, wc should naturally suppose, that so benevolent a doctrine would have been received with due reverence, even by the un belie v-
* The sixteenth chapter I cannot help considering" as a very ingenious and specious, but very disgraceful extenuation of the cruelties perpetrated by the ltoman magistrates against the Christians. It is written in the most contemptibly factious spirit of prejudice against the sufferers ; it is unworthy of a philosopher and of a man of humanity. Let the narrative of Cyprian's death be examined. He had to relate the murder of an innocent man of advanced age, and in a station deemed v
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CONTENTS; OF THE SECOND VOLUME; CHAPTER XVI; fHE CONDUCT OF THE KOMAV QOYERNMENT TOWARDS THE CHRISTIANS,; FROM THE REIGN OF NERO TO THAT OP CONSTANTU'E D 1PASF; Christianity persecuted by the Roman Emperors 1; Inquiry into their Motives, 3; Rebellious Spirit of the Jews, 3; Toleration of the Jewish Religion, 4; The Jews were a People which followed, the Christians a Sect; which deserted, the Religion of their Fathers 6; Christianity accused of Atheism, and mistaken by the People and; Philosophers, 7; The Union and Assemblies of the Christians considered as a dangerous Conspiracy, 9; Their Manners calumniated, 11; Their imprudent Defence, 11; Idea of the Conduct of the Emperors towards the Christians13; They neglected the Christians as a Sect of Jews, 14; The Fire of Rome under the lteign of Xero, 15; Cruel Punishment of the Christians as the lucendiaries of the; Cit« less