 | John Jortin - 1805 - 478 pagine
...CAESARIS CCCCV^ Praetextatus, a man of quality, and a Pagan, who died consul elect, used to say to Damasus, Make me bishop of Rome, and I will be a Christian as soon as you please. Homo sacri/egvs, says Jerom, $ idolorum cultor solcbat lutlens Beato Papa; Damaso... | |
 | John Jortin - 1805 - 470 pagine
...CAESARIS CCCCV.' Prsetextatus, a man of quality, and a Pagan, who died consul elect, used to say to Damasus ; Make me bishop of Rome, and I will be a Christian as soon as you please. * Homo sacrilegus,' says Jerom, ' et idolorum cultor solebat ludens beato papae... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1826 - 330 pagine
...of Praetextatus, afterwards Prefect of Rome, who said to Pope Damasus, as we read in St. Jerom ', " Make me Bishop of Rome, and I will be a Christian tomorrow." Still, with respect to the accidental acquirements of the Roman See, it should be observed • Vogt.... | |
 | Alban Butler - 1845 - 436 pagine
...then made, since, as St. Jerom reports, (3) Praetextatus, an eminent pagan senator who was afterwards prefect of Rome, said to Pope Damasus, " Make me bishop...charity. The reflection, however, of this heathen shows how necessary Christian modesty is to recommend the spirit of the gospel. Damasus certainly deserved... | |
 | James White - 1859 - 556 pagine
...Prefect Pretextatus, alluding to the luxury of the Pontiffs, and to the magnificence of their apparel, said to Pope Damasus. "Make me Bishop of Rome, and I will turn Christian." "Far, then," says a Roman Catholic historian of our own day, "from strengthening the... | |
 | Alban Butler - 1866 - 552 pagine
...then made, since, as St. Jerom reports,(3) Praetextatus, an eminent pagan senator who was afterwards prefect of Rome, said to Pope Damasus, " Make me bishop...charity. The reflection, however, of this heathen shows how necessary Christian modesty is to recommend the spirit of the gospel. Damasus certainly deserved... | |
 | Villemain (M.) - 1874 - 420 pagine
...Valentinian, following the policy of the emperors, had nominated prefect of Rome, often said to the Pope Damasus, ' Make me Bishop of Rome, and I will be a Christian directly.' 2 The same love of show and the same abuses descended from the bishops to the simple priests.... | |
 | James White - 1890 - 550 pagine
...Prefect Pretextatus, alluding to the luxury of the Pontiffs, and to the magnificence of their apparel, said to Pope Damasus, "Make me Bishop of Rome, and I will turn Christian." "Far, then," says a Roman Catholic historian of our own day, " from strengthening... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 560 pagine
...61, c. 3) tells us that a Roman senator, envious of the pomp sometimes observed in church ceremonies, said to pope Damasus, ' Make me bishop of Rome, and I will be a Christian tomorrow." (Alban Butler.) 793. See Pard. Tale, C. 590; Ayenb. p. 45, 1. 13. 797. Cf. ' ualse notaryes '; Ayenb.... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 558 pagine
...61, c. 3) tells us that a Roman senator, envious of the pomp sometimes observed in church ceremonies, said to pope Damasus, ' Make me bishop of Rome, and I will be a Christian tomorrow.' (Alban Butler.) 793. See Pard. Tale, C. 590; Ayenb. p. 45, 1. 13. 797. Cf. ' ualse notaryes '; Ayenb.... | |
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Make me bishop of Rome, and I will be a Christian to-morrow." Power alone is a snare to ambitious and worldly men ; and a danger inseparable from exalted stations ; yet all such things are rather an object of dread to those clergymen whose hearts are... 
