The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 6
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 6
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
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The fame Gregory , the fpiritual conqueror of ofthcLom- B,.j^ain^ encouraged the pious Theodelinda, queen Italy, of the Lombards , to propagate the Nicene faith A. D* coo, among the victorious favages , whofe recent Chriftianity was polluted by the Arian herefy. Her devout labours ftill left room for the induf- try and fuccefs of future miflionarics ; and many cities of Italy were ftill difputed by hoftile bishops. But the caufe of Arianifm was gradually fup* preffed by the weight of truth , of... intereft , and of example; and the controverfy, which Egypt had derived from the Platonic fchool , was termi- nated, after a war of three, hundred years, by the final converfion of the Lombards of Italy "\ Perfecution '^^^ ^^^ miffiouarics who preached the gofpel of the Jews to the Barbarians, appealed to the evidence of '"a!d!"' ''cafon, and claimed the benefit of toleration "^ 712. But no fooner had they eftablished their fpiritual dominion, than they exhorted the Chriftian kings to extirpate, without mercy, the remains of Ro- man or Barbaric fuperftitioo.
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