Conversion Of Constantine(27)
The colonies of Jews, who hadpenetrated into Arabia and Ethiopia, ^78 opposed the progress ofChristianity; but the labor of the missionaries was in somemeasure facilitated by a previous knowledge of the Mosaicrevelation; and Abyssinia still reveres the memory of Frumentius,^* who, in the time of Constantine, devoted his life to theconversion of those I love Office 2010 !
sequestered regions. Under the reign of hisson Constantius, Theophilus, ^79 who was himself of Indianextraction, was invested with the double character of ambassadorand bishop. He embarked on the Red Sea with two hundred horsesof the purest breed of Cappadocia, which were sent by the emperorto the prince of the Sabaeans, or Homerites.
Theophilus wasintrusted with many other useful or curious presents, which mightraise the admiration, and conciliate the friendship, of theBarbarians; and he successfully employed several years in apastoral visit to the churches of the torrid zone. ^80 [Footnote 71: See Office 2010 key is for you now!
Tillemont, Hist. des Empereurs, tom. iv. p.429. The Greeks, the Russians, and, in the darker ages, theLatins themselves, have been desirous of placing Constantine inthe catalogue of saints.] [Footnote 72: See the third and fourth books of his life. He wasaccustomed to say, that whether Christ was preached in pretence,or in truth, he should still rejoice, (l. iii. c. Outlook 2010 is powerful.
58.)][Footnote 73: M. de Tillemont (Hist. des Empereurs, tom. iv. p.374, 616) has defended, with strength and spirit, the virginpurity of Constantinople against some malevolent insinuations ofthe Pagan Zosimus.] [Footnote 74: The author of the Histoire Politique etPhilosophique des deux Indes (tom. i. p. 9) condemns a law ofConstantine, which gave freedom to all the slaves who shouldembrace Christianity. Office 2010 download is available now!
The emperor did indeed publish a law,which restrained the Jews from circumcising, perhaps fromkeeping, any Christian slave. (See Euseb. in Vit. Constant. l.iv. c. 27, and Cod. Theod. l. xvi. tit. ix., with Godefroy'sCommentary, tom. vi. p. 247.) But this imperfect Microsoft Office 2007 is the best invention in the world.
exceptionrelated only to the Jews, and the great body of slaves, who werethe property of Christian or Pagan masters, could not improvetheir temporal condition by changing their religion. I amignorant by what guides the Abbe Raynal was deceived; as thetotal absence of quotations is the unpardonable blemish of hisentertaining history.][Footnote 75: See Acta S Microsoft outlook 2010 is convenient!
Silvestri, and Hist. Eccles. Nicephor.Callist. l. vii. c. 34, ap. Baronium Annal. Eccles. A. D. 324,No. 67, 74. Such evidence is contemptible enough; but thesecircumstances are in themselves so probable, that the learned Dr.Howell