The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶606
I. The inflexible, and if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians, derived, it is true, from the Jewish religion, but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit, which, instead of inviting, had deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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