...according to Gibbon's wellknown sentence, "the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration," he says, " produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." Christianity alone refused...

...&c. — Describing the state of Home under the Emperors, observes that " all forms of religion were considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." This is likewise the fundamental error of what are called educated and enlightened people and philosophers....

...single-minded. As Edward Gibbon observed about the modes of worship prevalent in the Roman world, they were 'considered by the people as equally true, by the...equally false and by the magistrate as equally useful'. Mother Teresa descends from each element in this grisly triptych. She has herself purposely blurred...

...and this might be paraphrased by saying that "the various political groups which prevailed in Canada were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false and by the Church as equally useful." Students of cultural development in Canada have failed to realize the extent...

...tranquility. According to Gibbon, for example: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the ancient world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosophers as equally false; and by the magistrates as equally useful" (quoted in Harrington 1983,...

...of the Antonines in Rome. Gibbon wrote: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." In that climate, Boorstin noted, "religion is of enormous importance," while "theology and religious...

...the different modes of worship prevailing in the Roman world during the age of the Antonines: they "were all considered by the people as equally true;...as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful."4 In the eyes of most contemporary Christian theologians, to make morality dependent upon the...

...the 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 magistrates as equally useful."8 It seemed an interesting policy and, some of the philosophes thought,...

...the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered by any mixture of theological rancour; nor was it...

...The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman the avowed, the erect, and 3902 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably...