...as St Jerom reports (10), Praetextatus, an eminent Pagan senator, who was afterward prefect of Rome, said to Pope Damasus : <; 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...

...as St. Jerom reports, (3) Praetextatus, an eminent pagan senator who was afterwards prefect of Rome, said to Pope Damasus, " 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...

...luxury of the Pontiffs, and to the magnificence of their apparel, said to Pope Damasus, "Make mo Bish&p of Rome, and I will turn Christian." "Far, then,"...vices it was its office to overcome." But the fall of Roman power was the resurrection of Christianity. It had a Resurrection, because it had had a Death,...

...as St. Jerom reports,(3) Praetextatus, an eminent pagan senator who was afterwards prefect of Rome, said to Pope Damasus, " 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...

...extant of the most honoured Fathers of the Church. One of them tells us that the Prefect Pretcxtatus, alluding to the luxury of the Pontiffs, and to the...apparel, said to Pope Damasus, "Make me Bishop of Eome, and I will turn Christian." "Far, then," says a Eonian Catholic historian of our own day, " from...

...parties, dishonoured by pretended conversions, the result of flattery and ambition, the Christian Church was further weakened by the effect of wealth and luxury...with its virtues, the Christian society seemed to havo adopted the vices it was its office to overcome." But the fall of Roman power was the resurrection...

...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....

...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....

...enemies or heretical rivals we learn ' this— it is from the letters still extant of the most honored Fathers of the ' Church. One of them tells us that...virtues, the Christian society seemed to have adopted 1 ' the vices it was its office to overcome.1 " — £. SATURN, RHEA, AND THE GOLDEN AGE. In Grecian...

...provided by the taste and at the expense of the Roman Pontiff1." The Pagan Praetextatus said jokingly to Pope Damasus, " make me bishop of Rome, and I will turn Christian at once." The wealth of the Church was shown in the splendour s. Paolo bestowed on its buildings, S....