 | Robert R. Richards - 2002 - 574 sivua
...Christianity has God. As English historian Edward Gibbon observes, "the triumph of Christianity... was owing to the convincing evidence of the doctrine...itself, and to the ruling providence of its great Author."'4 Further, neither directly, nor indirectly by inference, arn I suggesting that Christianity... | |
 | William Vernon Harris - 2005 - 193 sivua
...Gibbon's primary cause is presented as a sufficient one. While considering 'by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth', he was led to the 'obvious and satisfactory', as he calls it, answer that 'it was owing to the convincing... | |
 | Dave Jiang - 2007 - 497 sivua
...incredible rise to prominence "Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established...may be returned: that it was owing to the convincing fxMeMCS, of the doctrine itself, and to the ruling providence of its great Author, But as truth and... | |
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Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth. To this inquiry an obvious but satisfactory answer may be returned ; that it was owing to the... 
