The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶355
By a sentence of the Greek church, the licentious rover had been separated from the faithful; but even this excommunication may prove, that he never abjured the profession of Chistianity.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #734 (Milman edition) — public domain
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