 | Edward Gibbon - 1817 - 274 ページ
...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... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 1828 - 132 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 ページ
...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... | |
 | William Kingsland - 1895 - 274 ページ
...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,... | |
 | James George Roche Forlong - 1906 - 610 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1916 - 1006 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Ernest L. Fortin - 1996 - 442 ページ
...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,... | |
 | William Kingsland - 1996 - 256 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Jordan Maxwell, Paul Tice, Alan Snow - 2000 - 128 ページ
...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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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. 