The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius AntoninusG. Bell, 1901 - 216 pages |
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... writers on ecclesiastical history , when they use this letter , say nothing of the wonderful stories of the martyrs ' sufferings . Sanctus , as the letter says , was burnt with plates of hot iron till his body was one sore and had lost ...
... writers on ecclesiastical history , when they use this letter , say nothing of the wonderful stories of the martyrs ' sufferings . Sanctus , as the letter says , was burnt with plates of hot iron till his body was one sore and had lost ...
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... writer has stated some things falsely , he cannot tell what part of his story is worthy of credit . The war on the northern frontier appears to have been uninterrupted during the visit of Antoninus to the East , and on his return the ...
... writer has stated some things falsely , he cannot tell what part of his story is worthy of credit . The war on the northern frontier appears to have been uninterrupted during the visit of Antoninus to the East , and on his return the ...
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... writers assign it to their gods , and the Christians to the intercession of the Christian legion in the emperor's army . To confirm the Christian statement it is added that the emperor gave the title of Thundering to this legion ; but ...
... writers assign it to their gods , and the Christians to the intercession of the Christian legion in the emperor's army . To confirm the Christian statement it is added that the emperor gave the title of Thundering to this legion ; but ...
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... writer addresses the two emperors , from which we must conclude that the Apology was directed to them . Eusebius ( E. H. IV . 18 ) states that the second Apology was addressed to the successor of Antoninus Pius , and he names him ...
... writer addresses the two emperors , from which we must conclude that the Apology was directed to them . Eusebius ( E. H. IV . 18 ) states that the second Apology was addressed to the successor of Antoninus Pius , and he names him ...
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... writers on ecclesiastical history take the liberty of omitting . " In order to form a proper notion of the condition of the Christians under M. Antoninus we must go back to Trajan's time . When the younger Pliny was governor of Bithynia ...
... writers on ecclesiastical history take the liberty of omitting . " In order to form a proper notion of the condition of the Christians under M. Antoninus we must go back to Trajan's time . When the younger Pliny was governor of Bithynia ...
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2nd Edition according to nature Antoninus Pius Apology art thou Avidius Cassius body Christians Commodus conformable consider constitution death deity Dion Cassius divinity dost thou Edited by Temple emperor English Engravings Epictetus Eusebius evil exist G. A. Aitken Gataker give gods Greek Hadrian happens to thee harm Heraclitus History Illustrations intelligence Julius Cæsar justice Justinus kind let thy letter look manner matter meaning Melitene notion observe opinion Orosius pain passage philosophy Plato pleasure Portraits praise principles Quadi rational animal reason religion Rescript Roman ruling faculty says shavings and cuttings social Socrates soul speaks Stoic substance Temple Scott things thou art thou didst thou dost thou hast thou shalt thou shouldst thou wilt thou wish thy mind thy power thyself tion Trajan Trans Translated truth universal nature Verus virtue whole wickedness William Hazlitt Woodcuts word wouldst wrong Zeus
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