Author: J. O. BevanPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483324930
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Excerpt from The Birth and Growth of Toleration First, a few words about the great empires of the world. In respect of the Greeks and Romans, the system of polytheism - howsoever it arose, whatsoever it portended - made for Toleration. When the State, by way of conquest, took over any country, it installed the gods of that country in its Pantheon. Doubtless, certain states and cities had tutelary deities - such as Pallas at Athens, Artemis at Ephesus - concerning whose honour the inhabitants were exceeding jealous; yet this devotion did not prevent their rendering to other deities due respect. Even in late times, there were certain illicit religions - amongst which Christianity ranked in the period of its early struggles, until its purpose was fully declared of sweeping away all religions and all gods save One. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
