 ... tone and language of an ambassador of Heaven, declared to his sovereign, that private contrition was not sufficient to atone for a public fault, or to appease the justice of the offended Deity. Theodosius humbly represented, that if he had contracted...  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - 第72页作者：Edward Gibbon - 1811全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | John Julius Angerstein, John Young - 1823 - 296 页
...public offence. Theodosius pleaded that if he had been guilty of homicide, David, the man after God's own heart, had been guilty not only of murder, but...; " You have imitated David in his crime ; imitate him in his repentance," was the reply of the undaunted Ambrose. Indulgence was granted to the rank... | |
 | 1842 - 452 页
...fault. Theodosius humbly represented, that if he had committed homicide, David, the man after God's own heart, had been guilty not only of murder, but of adultery. The undaunted Ambrose replied, " You have imitated David in his crime ; imitate him, then, in his repentance."... | |
 | 1894 - 868 页
...tyranny, had ordered the wholesale massacre of the Thessalonicans, being described by the historian Gibbon as " one of the most honourable events in the annals of the Church." Chrysostom, the illustrious bishop of Constantinople, exhibited the same fearless spirit in his struggle... | |
 | Philip William Perfitt - 1860 - 430 页
...Theodosius humbly represented, that if he had contracted ' the guilt of homicide, David, the man after God's own heart, had been ' guilty not only of murder, but...most honourable events in the annals of the Church."* It must have been an edifying sight to see the Emperor of Rome, stripped of the insignia of his rank,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1898 - 632 页
..." humbly; represented that, if he had contracted the guilt of homicide, David, the man after God's own heart, had been guilty, not only of murder, but...adultery. ' You have imitated David in his crime, imitate him in his repentance,' was the reply of the undaunted Ambrose." Which Theodosius was fain to do ere... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1864 - 1096 页
...after God's own heart, had been guilty, not only of murder but adultery. You have imitated David in hit crime, imitate then his repentance, was the reply...annals of the Church. According to the mildest rules of ecclesiatical discipline which were established in the fourth century, the crime of homicide was expiated... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1865 - 816 页
...the guilt of homicide, David, the man after God's own heart, had been guilty, not only of murder but adultery. You have imitated David in his crime, imitate...annals of the Church. According to the mildest rules of ecclesiatical discipline which were established in the fourth century, the crime of homicide was expiated... | |
 | 1881 - 996 页
...that if he had contracted the guilt of homicide, David — the man after God's own heart — had beon guilty, not only of murder, but of adultery. ' You...the undaunted Ambrose. The rigorous conditions of pardon and peace were accepted ; and the public penance of the Emperor Theodosius has been recorded... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1873 - 398 页
...appease the justice, of his offended God. Theodosius humbly represented that David, the man after God's own heart, had been guilty, not only of murder, but of adultery. The Archbishop fearlessly replied, ' You have imitated David in his crime, imitate then his repentance.'... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 672 页
...Theodosius humbly represented, that if he had contracted the guilt of homicide, David, the man afier God's own heart, had been guilty, not only of murder, but of adultery. a You have imitated David in his crime, imitate then his repentance," was the reply of the. undaunted... | |
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