Conversion Of Constantine(28)
The conversion of the Barbarians under the reign ofConstantine is celebrated by the ecclesiastical historians. (SeeSozomen, l. ii. c. 6, and Theodoret, l. i. c. 23, 24.) ButRufinus, the Latin translator of Eusebius, deserves to beconsidered as an original authority. His information wascuriously collected from one of the companions of the Apostle ofAethiopia, Microsoft Office 2010 is the best software in the world.
and from Bacurius, an Iberian prince, who was count ofthe domestics. Father Mamachi has given an ample compilation onthe progress of Christianity, in the first and second volumes ofhis great but imperfect work.][Footnote *: According to the Georgian chronicles, Office 2010 is powerful!
Iberia(Georgia) was converted by the virgin Nino, who effected anextraordinary cure on the wife of the king Mihran. The temple ofthe god Aramazt, or Armaz, not far from the capital Mtskitha, wasdestroyed, and the cross erected in its place. Le Beau, i. 202,with St. Martin's Notes.
St. Martin has likewise clearly shown (St. Martin, Add. toLe Beau, i. 291) Armenia was the first nation w hich embracedChristianity, (Addition to Le Beau, i. 76. and Memoire surl'Armenie, i. 305.) Gibbon himself suspected this truth. -"Instead of maintaining that the conversion of Armenia was notattempted with any degree of success, till the sceptre was in thehands of an orthodox emperor," I ought to have said, that theseeds of the faith were deeply sown during the season of the lastand greatest persecution, that many Roman exiles might assist thelabors of Gregory, and that the renowned Tiridates, the hero ofthe East, may dispute with Constantine the honor of being thefirst sovereign who embraced the Christian religion Vindication thepressing and pathetic epistle of Constantine in favor of hisChristian brethren of Persia.
The curious diligence ofthis writer pursues the Jewish exiles to the extremities of Microsoft Office 2007 can give you more convenient life.
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tom.viii.][Footnote !: See the dissertation of M. Letronne on thisquestion. He conceives that Theophilus was born in the island ofDahlak, in the Arabian Gulf. His embassy was to Abyssinia ratherthan to India. Letronne, Materiaux pour l'Hist. du Christianismeen Egypte Indie, et Abyssinie. Paris, 1832 3d Dissert. - M.][Footnote 80: Philostorgius, l. iii. c. 4, 5, 6, with Godefroy'slearned observations. The historical narrative is soon lost inan inquiry concerning the seat of Paradise, strange monsters,&c.] Office 2007 key is very convenient!