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... civilisation owes to the Hellene . In due course the Christian religion came to reinforce this sense of Individuality and to give to it a religious sanction . But earlier in its political development it proved 16 THE STUDY OF ROMAN HISTORY.
... civilisation owes to the Hellene . In due course the Christian religion came to reinforce this sense of Individuality and to give to it a religious sanction . But earlier in its political development it proved 16 THE STUDY OF ROMAN HISTORY.
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... be exaggerated , and I doubt if this ever served Rome well in the long run . * And especially in Southern France . But Christianity here was somewhat later in origin . when the whole fabric of State was shaken by the INTRODUCTION 21.
... be exaggerated , and I doubt if this ever served Rome well in the long run . * And especially in Southern France . But Christianity here was somewhat later in origin . when the whole fabric of State was shaken by the INTRODUCTION 21.
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... Christ in a turbulent , despised , and petty corner of the 1 The evidence for its universality is very nearly conclusive . Cf. especially the valuable article " Concilia " in Ruggiero's Dizionario Epigrafico . Roman world was itself the ...
... Christ in a turbulent , despised , and petty corner of the 1 The evidence for its universality is very nearly conclusive . Cf. especially the valuable article " Concilia " in Ruggiero's Dizionario Epigrafico . Roman world was itself the ...
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... Christianity , challenged Cæsar - Worship for its pride of place , the bitterest of struggles ensued . By their own ... Christian- ity amid the ruins of all its rivals , he thereby vindicated the old thesis that the State as such had a ...
... Christianity , challenged Cæsar - Worship for its pride of place , the bitterest of struggles ensued . By their own ... Christian- ity amid the ruins of all its rivals , he thereby vindicated the old thesis that the State as such had a ...
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... Christianity at once proved to be a weaker cement than Cæsar - Worship had been . Its primary claim had always been on ... Christian could hardly be less a citizen of the world than the Imperial Stoic had been . What frontiers could the ...
... Christianity at once proved to be a weaker cement than Cæsar - Worship had been . Its primary claim had always been on ... Christian could hardly be less a citizen of the world than the Imperial Stoic had been . What frontiers could the ...
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