 When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain ; where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance should be...  Curiosities of Literature - Seite 146von Isaac Disraeli - 1807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1833 - 508 Seiten
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers ; whose imaginary date corresponds with the...conquest of Africa by the Vandals. When the Emperor Dccius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious... | |
 | 1835 - 430 Seiten
...studies at Athens. In another of the miraculous legends of ecclesiastical history, it is said, that when the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus having concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, the tyrant doomed them to perish there, giving orders... | |
 | 1835 - 430 Seiten
...studies at Athens. In another of the miraculous legends of ecclesiastical history, it is said, that when the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus having concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, the tyrant doomed them to perish there, giving orders... | |
 | 1836 - 352 Seiten
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Saxn Sleepers; whose imaginary date corresponds with the...Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of a mountain ; where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 568 Seiten
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates " that when Decius was still persecuting the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain, where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders... | |
 | 1843 - 568 Seiten
...of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorahle fahle of the seven sleeper* ; whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of...the younger Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa hy the Vandals. When the Emperor Decius persecuted the christians, seven nohle youths of Ephesus concealed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 486 Seiten
...ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable Table of the SEVEN SLEEPERS :(43) whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of...Theodosius, and the conquest of Africa by the Vandals. (44) When the emperor Decius persecuted^ the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves... | |
 | William Russell - 1844 - 428 Seiten
...transferred to Catholic saints and martyrs. The legend relates, that, "when Decius was still persecuting the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, in the side of an adjacent mountain, where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders... | |
 | 1845 - 304 Seiten
...most extended circulation, and, as a divine revelation, was extensively believed among the Mahometans. When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians,...Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern, the entrance to which the tyrant ordered should be firmly secured with a pile of stones. They immediately... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1846 - 530 Seiten
...insipid legends of ecclesiastical history, I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the Seven Sleepers; whose imaginary date corresponds with the...the Emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven notable youths of Ephcsus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern on the side of an adjacent mountain... | |
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