History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne, Volume 2Appleton, 1877 - Ethics |
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... existed in Christianity those who would echo the wish of St. Theresa , that she could blot out both heaven and hell , to serve God for Himself alone ; and the power of the love of Christ has been displayed alike in the most heroic pages ...
... existed in Christianity those who would echo the wish of St. Theresa , that she could blot out both heaven and hell , to serve God for Himself alone ; and the power of the love of Christ has been displayed alike in the most heroic pages ...
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... existed in the first three centuries would have imagined it possible that it should completely supersede the Pagan worship around it ; that its teachers should bend the mightiest monarchs to their will , and stamp their influence on ...
... existed in the first three centuries would have imagined it possible that it should completely supersede the Pagan worship around it ; that its teachers should bend the mightiest monarchs to their will , and stamp their influence on ...
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... existed , in which the slaughter of men of some particular class or nation has been regarded with no more compunction than the slaughter of animals in the chase . The early Greeks , in their dealings with the barbarians ; the Romans ...
... existed , in which the slaughter of men of some particular class or nation has been regarded with no more compunction than the slaughter of animals in the chase . The early Greeks , in their dealings with the barbarians ; the Romans ...
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... existed in the world . The influence of Christianity in this respect began with the very earliest stage of human life . The practice of abor- tion was one to which few persons in antiquity attached any deep feeling of condemnation . I ...
... existed in the world . The influence of Christianity in this respect began with the very earliest stage of human life . The practice of abor- tion was one to which few persons in antiquity attached any deep feeling of condemnation . I ...
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... existed , inopera- tive . Gibbon ( Decline and Fall , eh . xliv . ) thinks the law censured but did not punish exposition . See , too , Troplong , Influence du Christianisme sur le Droit , p . 271 . 1 Quintilian speaks in a tone of ...
... existed , inopera- tive . Gibbon ( Decline and Fall , eh . xliv . ) thinks the law censured but did not punish exposition . See , too , Troplong , Influence du Christianisme sur le Droit , p . 271 . 1 Quintilian speaks in a tone of ...
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