...undefiled from the practice of idolatry. The religion of the nations was not merely a spe-. culatjve doctrine, professed in the schools or preached in...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without at the same time renouncing...

...believe, authentic narrative. 1. In another place I observed, and even pressed the observation, " that the innumerable deities and rites of Polytheism were...business or pleasure, of public or of private life ;" and I had particularly specified how much the Roman discipline was connected with the national superstition....

...of a christian to preserve him- ^""hril self pure and undefiled from the practice of ido- l'a latry. The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative...or pleasure, of public or of private life ; and it 4 Tertullian (Apolog. c 23) alleges the confession of the dirmous themselves as often as the; were...

...magnificent triumphs of the Faith in its early development. " The religion of the nations," says Gibbon, " was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without at the same time...

...believe, authentic narrative. 1 . In another place I observed, and even pressed the observation, " that the innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...business or pleasure, of public or of private life ;" and I had particularly specified how much the Roman discipline was connected with the national superstition....

...merely a speculative doctrine discussed or professed in the schools of philosophers : the numberless deities and rites of Polytheism were closely interwoven...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life. The important transactions of peace and war were prepared or concluded by solemn sacrifices,...

...could not assist at festivals and banquets, which always terminated with libations, &c. ; finally, as " the innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of public and private life," the Christians could not participate in them without incurring. according...

...Christian zeal may be best elucidated by a consideration of the objects against which it is directed. "The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time,...

...ECCLESIASTICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS. " THE religion of the heathen," says Gibbon, " was not merely a speculative doctrine, professed in...preached in the temples; the innumerable deities and rights of Polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public...

...doctrine, professed in the schools, or preached in the temples; the innumerable deities and rights of Polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance...business or pleasure, of public or of private life ; and*it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them without at the same time renouncing the...