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Cambridge Ancient History Vol. XII: The Imperial Crisis and Recovery A.D. 193-324
Edited by S. A. Cook, F. E. Adcock, M. P. Charlesworth, and N. H. Baynes

Number of quotes: 3


Book ID: 325 Page: 437

Section: 2B2

Greek thinkers had from early times supposed that the pantheons of all nations consisted of gods performing like functions and that these divine persons corresponded to one another, that Ammon was Zeus, and so forth. This theory did not in the popular mind destroy differences of identity; Alexander paid a visit to Ammon as Ammon and not as Zeus.

Quote ID: 7777

Time Periods: 234


Book ID: 325 Page: 480/481

Section: 4A

The real value of Clement’s writing, apart from his citations of other authors, sacred and profane, consists in the picture that he unconsciously draws of a paganism attracted by the Christian system and willing to accept it if it can be shown to be not inconsistent with a cultivated and enlightened view of the universe, and on the other hand of a Christianity willing to express its beliefs in a way consistent with the best Pagan culture.  

 - quoting the late Prof. Burkitt (Cambridge Ancient History, XII, p. 480). 

Quote ID: 7778

Time Periods: 2


Book ID: 325 Page: 621

Section: 3A3B

Moreover, with the growth of sick wards attached to Christian benevolent institutions the art of healing became in the end separated from university teaching. At the time of the great plague in the third century the Christians exhibited a devoted solicitude for the sick, while pagans were content to cast victims of the scourge into the street.

Quote ID: 7779

Time Periods: 3



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