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That which is placed in the foremost rank of "the secondary causes of the rapid growth of the Christian church," seems so singular, that, were it not exhibited in the very words of Mr. Gibbon, my readers might suspect me of having either misunderstood of falsified the original.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dalrymple, David, Sir, 1726-1792.
- Standardized Title:
- Inquiry into the secondary causes which Mr Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity--Origin--Early works to 1800.
- Christianity.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca.30-600--Historiography.
- Church history.
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Historiography.
- Rome.
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire--Early works to 1800.
- Gibbon, Edward.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4832p. )
- Place of Publication:
- [London?, 1780?]
- Notes:
- Title from opening words of text.
- Extracts from chapters 1,2 and 4 of an unidentified edition of 'An inquiry of the secondary causes which Mr Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity' by Sir David Dalrymple.
- Possibly from a periodical.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T26822.
- OCLC:
- 642558437
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