 There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church. The history of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left standing...  Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays - Pagina 300door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pagina’s
...twilight Missouri Flavian republic Antioch Pontiffs ., Venice New Zealand Napoleon Papacy St. Paul's THERE is not, and there never was, on this earth, a work...of that Church joins together the two great ages of civilization. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the time when the... | |
 | 1841 - 766 pagina’s
...with an observation in which few persons will be unwilling to concur: — " There is not," says he, "and there never was, on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman-catholic church." Then follows a proposition, to which, without the need of a word of illustration,... | |
 | 1842 - 820 pagina’s
...question Professor Ranke has thrown far more light Urn any other person who has written on it. There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work...Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times when the... | |
 | Vanbrugh Livingston - 1843 - 278 pagina’s
...the Eternal One himself. Says an eloquent writer, in a late number of the Edinburgh Review, " There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work...Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left Thus was the payment of the penalty which fallen man owed... | |
 | 1843 - 784 pagina’s
...appropriate, that we cannot withhold them. — " There is not, and there never was, on this earth, a work so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic...Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind hack to the times when the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 424 pagina’s
...question Professor Ranke has thrown far more light than any other person who has written on it. There is not, and there never was, on this earth, a work...human policy so well deserving of examination as the » * The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome, during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth... | |
 | Martin John Spalding - 1844 - 412 pagina’s
...entitles it to a place in this chapter. "There is not, and there. never was, on this earth, a work so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic...church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times when the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pagina’s
...Professor Ranke has thrown far more light than any other person who has written on it There is not, anr! there never was, on this earth, a work of human policy...Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times when the... | |
 | 1846 - 278 pagina’s
...after its foundation, to hear witness to its antiquity, and to anticipate its duration : — " There is not, and there never was, on this earth a work...well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Chureh. The history of that chureh joins together the two greatest ages of Roman civilization. No other... | |
 | Jaime Luciano Balmes - 1849 - 486 pagina’s
...best stated in the words of Mr. Macaulay, in his article on Ranke, in the Edinburgh Review : " There is not, and there never was, on this earth, a work...together the two great ages of human civilisation. Xo other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times when the smoke of sacrifice... | |
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