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... tranfaction is represented in the several ac- counts that have come down to us . And this enquiry is properly preceded by the other , for as much as the reception of these accounts may depend in part upon the cre- dibility of what they ...
... tranfaction is represented in the several ac- counts that have come down to us . And this enquiry is properly preceded by the other , for as much as the reception of these accounts may depend in part upon the cre- dibility of what they ...
Page 43
... tranfactions which took place about thirty years after that event . Speaking of the fire which hap- pened at Rome in the time of Nero , and of the fufpicions which were entertained that emperor himself was concerned in cauf- ing it ...
... tranfactions which took place about thirty years after that event . Speaking of the fire which hap- pened at Rome in the time of Nero , and of the fufpicions which were entertained that emperor himself was concerned in cauf- ing it ...
Page 47
... tranfactions of the same reign , uses these words , " Affecti suppli- ciis Chriftiani , genus hominum fuperftitionis novæ et maleficæ * . The Chriftians , a fet of men , of a new and mischievous ( or ma- gical ) fuperftition , were ...
... tranfactions of the same reign , uses these words , " Affecti suppli- ciis Chriftiani , genus hominum fuperftitionis novæ et maleficæ * . The Chriftians , a fet of men , of a new and mischievous ( or ma- gical ) fuperftition , were ...
Page 49
... , go back to the tranfactions of Nero's reign , but is confined to the affairs of his own time . His celebrated letter to Trajan was written VOL . I. E about about feventy years after Chrift's death ; and the information [ 49 ] 49 ]
... , go back to the tranfactions of Nero's reign , but is confined to the affairs of his own time . His celebrated letter to Trajan was written VOL . I. E about about feventy years after Chrift's death ; and the information [ 49 ] 49 ]
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... tranfaction must be fought for . And this is nothing different from what might be expected . Who would write a history of Christianity but a Christian ? Who was likely to record the travels , sufferings , la- bours , or fucceffes of the ...
... tranfaction must be fought for . And this is nothing different from what might be expected . Who would write a history of Christianity but a Christian ? Who was likely to record the travels , sufferings , la- bours , or fucceffes of the ...
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