Title: Christianity and the Roman empire /
Authors: Addis, William E. 1844-1917.
Publisher: Sunday School Association,
Year: 1893
Subjects: Church history; Church history
Contents: I. The Roman Empire -- The assistance given by the Roman Empire to Christianity -- 1. The geographical limits of the empire -- 2. The unity of the empire -- Unity of government secured by imperial rule -- The emperor and the Roman Senate -- The Roman peace -- The unity of law -- Unity promoted by fusion of language and race -- 3. The influence of religion -- Vitality of religion -- decline among the educated -- revival of the ancient religions -- universal belief in the marvellous -- witness of skeptical writers to the supernatural -- Developments of the Old Roman religion -- Blending of new worships -- Their deeper moral significance -- Religious associations -- 4. Influence of philosophy -- Philosophers as teachers and preachers -- Their practical aims -- Stoicism -- its earlier forms in Greece -- how modified when transplanted to Rome -- its humanity -- Platonism, as represented by Plutarch -- Neo-Platonism -- 5. Summary of results