History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, Volume 2Longmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - Ethics |
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... Christian sense of sin Dark views of human nature not common in the early Church . The penitential system Admirable efficacy of Christianity in eliciting disinterested enthusiasm Great purity of the early Christians The promise of the ...
... Christian sense of sin Dark views of human nature not common in the early Church . The penitential system Admirable efficacy of Christianity in eliciting disinterested enthusiasm Great purity of the early Christians The promise of the ...
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... Christianity , to teach Universal Brother- PAGE 34 38 40 41 43-61 hood Laws concerning slavery 62 The Church ... Christians in the cause of charity Their exertions when the Empire was subverted Inadequate place given to this movement in ...
... Christianity , to teach Universal Brother- PAGE 34 38 40 41 43-61 hood Laws concerning slavery 62 The Church ... Christians in the cause of charity Their exertions when the Empire was subverted Inadequate place given to this movement in ...
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... Christianity 253 Review of the influence of Christianity upon war 254 Consecration of Secular Rank The Pagan Empire became continually more despotic 260 The early Christians taught passive obedience in temporal , but independence in ...
... Christianity 253 Review of the influence of Christianity upon war 254 Consecration of Secular Rank The Pagan Empire became continually more despotic 260 The early Christians taught passive obedience in temporal , but independence in ...
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... Christian emperors 291 292 294 295 • 297 298 302 304 304 306 308 • 312 312 • 316 Effects of the penitential ... Christians on the subject Asceticism produced a very low view of the character of X CONTENTS OF.
... Christian emperors 291 292 294 295 • 297 298 302 304 304 306 308 • 312 312 • 316 Effects of the penitential ... Christians on the subject Asceticism produced a very low view of the character of X CONTENTS OF.
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... Christianity to the Feminine Virtues Comparison of male and female characteristics 358 The Pagan ideal essentially masculine . - Its contrast to the Christian ideal 361 • Conspicuous part of women in the early Church 363 Deaconesses 365 ...
... Christianity to the Feminine Virtues Comparison of male and female characteristics 358 The Pagan ideal essentially masculine . - Its contrast to the Christian ideal 361 • Conspicuous part of women in the early Church 363 Deaconesses 365 ...
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