The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire . IVORY-CARVING: THE VIRGIN CROWNING AN EMPEROR, PERHAPSLEO VI ( 886-912); OUR LORD WITH SS. PETER AND PAUL (kaiser fkiedkich , Berlin) Chap, xlvii] OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 129 names of Chemnis, or Panopolis, or Akmin; ^ but the immortalmalice of the Jacobites has persevered for ages to cast stonesagainst his sepulchre, and to propagate the foolish traditionthat it was never watered by the rain of heaven, which equallydescends on the righteous and the ungodly. ^ Humanity maydrop a tear on the fate of Nestorius; yet justice must obs
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire . IVORY-CARVING: THE VIRGIN CROWNING AN EMPEROR, PERHAPSLEO VI ( 886-912); OUR LORD WITH SS. PETER AND PAUL (kaiser fkiedkich , Berlin) Chap, xlvii] OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 129 names of Chemnis, or Panopolis, or Akmin; ^ but the immortalmalice of the Jacobites has persevered for ages to cast stonesagainst his sepulchre, and to propagate the foolish traditionthat it was never watered by the rain of heaven, which equallydescends on the righteous and the ungodly. ^ Humanity maydrop a tear on the fate of Nestorius; yet justice must observethat he suffered the persecution which he had approved andinflicted.^^ The death of the Alexandrian primate, after a reign of thirty-Heresy oftwo years, abandoned the Catholics to the intemperance of zeal 448and the abuse of victory.^^ The monophysite doctrine (oneincarnate nature) was rigorously preached in the churches ofEgypt and the monasteries of the East; the primitive creed ofApollinaris was protected by the sanctity of Cyril; and thenam
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