In Chapters 15 and 16 the author questions the "mysterious dispensations of Providence," which withheld the divine doctrine from the Jews only to give it to the Christians, and earlier he criticizes the efforts of philosophers to support the doctrine of a future life.
In Chapters 15 and 16 the author questions the "mysterious dispensations of Providence," which withheld the divine doctrine from the Jews only to give it to the Christians, and earlier he criticizes the efforts of philosophers to support the doctrine of a future life. Near the very end we are treat to the story of Rienzi, and much earlier the author praises Probus and Aurelian as "great princes," who prevented total collapse. Several chapters are devoted to Constantine but the account begins with a description of the Antonines. FTP, name this work published between 1776 and 1788, the magnum opus of Edward Gibbon.
In Chapters 15 and 16 the author questions the "mysterious dispensations of Providence," which withheld the divine doctrine from the Jews only to give it to the Christians, and earlier he criticizes the efforts of philosophers to support the doctrine of a future life.
The History of the {Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire}