| Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 páginas
...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. [...] II. The narrow policy of preserving, without any foreign mixture, the pure blood of the ancient... | |
| Jasper W. Johnson - 2003 - 252 páginas
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| Paul Ciholas - 2003 - 532 páginas
...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...produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.51 There were some exceptions to that for the Christians, mostly under the rule of Marcus Aurelius.... | |
| Katherine Tingley - 2003 - 640 páginas
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| Michael Shermer - 2003 - 372 páginas
...discussion of religion with this observation: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful." As we have seen, belief in God in the modern world is a function of a complex array of reasons that,... | |
| James Hastings - 2003 - 468 páginas
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| Fred Parker - 2003 - 310 páginas
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| James A. Arieti, Patrick A. Wilson - 2003 - 356 páginas
...Gibbon, referring to Roman religion, writes, "The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally...as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful."22 The impossibility of logically differentiating among religions is reinforced by the capriciousness... | |
| Frank Palmeri - 2003 - 364 páginas
...beginning with the prevailing tolerant, skeptical attitude toward the "various modes of worship" which were considered "by the people as equally true; by the...equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful" (1: 56 ).42 He also details the architectural accomplishments and public works of the first century.... | |
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