Edward Gibbon, quote

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[Pearls Before Swine]

Laws? The Emperor didn’t follow any requirement to faithfully execute the laws.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Gibbon also blamed the rise of Christianity as one of the reasons the Roman empire collapsed

Which may perfectly explain why the western leaders are doing everything they can to erase every last vestige of Christian culture.

[fella]

Re; your #16

The quote from the site I linked is not attributed to Gibbon’s Roman history just to him. Your link just says that it’s not in his Roman history. A quick look at Wikipedia reveals that Gibbon was a prolific writer and that most of his works aren’t on the net. It seems that more research needs to be done.

[Fiddlstix]

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[Sirius Lee]

My favorite quote is "The Greeks might applaud their superior knowledge of arts and stratagems of war, but they confessed the strength and courage of the French cavalry..."

Who knew?

[combat_boots]

A bloody hard book. And thick. HARD.

[bushpilot2]

Caracalla - Father born in Africa, Mother was Syrian

[cloudmountain]

Gibbon got into trouble because he attributed a lot blame for the fall of the Roman Empire to Christianity. He frequently unfavorably contrasts the otherworldly focus of the later Roman citizens, with the energetic practical outlook of their ancestors, and with the warlike nature of the barbarians.
He also has a lot in there on the various doctrinal disputes and heresies, and subtly makes fun of them and the disputants.
You got it right IMO that God’s plan did work out as Christianity provided the foundation for the tremendous moral and scientific progress which the western world has had.

A BIG yes to you.

It also elevated women (via Mary) to the status of human beings, instead of chattel.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Finally, didn’t Gibbon also blame the rise of Christianity as one of the reasons the Roman empire collapsed? Never minding the corrupt life style of the Roman elite with sex and food orgies and blood sport, Rome stole wealth from surrounding nations and took prisoners as slaves. The Urban Roman became so decadent, he would not fight to save his own life. I would presume the urban Roman depleted overtime the countryside of robust men able to become soldiers. I would think Christianity would have steered whatever was left of non urban Roman citizens away from the burdensome lifestyle of the urban Roman.

[SunkenCiv]

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