The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶139
The interest, as well as the temper of the clergy, was favorable to the peace and union of their distracted country: those salutary lessons might be frequently inculcated in their popular discourses; and the episcopal synods were the only councils that could pretend to the weight and authority of a national assembly.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #733 (Milman edition) — public domain
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