Description
Gibbon's subversive and iconoclastic description of the rise of Christianity inspired outrage upon publication and remains one of the most eloquent and damning indictments of the delusory nature of faith.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1776
Physical description
90 p.; 7 inches
Publication
Penguin Group USA (2005), Edition: Later Printing, 90 pages
Pages
90
ISBN
0143036246 / 9780143036241
Local notes
The section on the rise of Christianity taken from "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Volume 1 from 17776.
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A short extract of the great oeuvre of Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline an Fall of the Roman Empire, this book is concerned with the primitive Christians and the spread of Christianity in the roman world. Considering this was written and published in 1776, it is a matter of wonder to see
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the very unflattering way the primitive Christians, their beliefs, and their way of living is sometimes portraied by Gibbons. Show Less