Monday, 21 July 2014

Edward Gibbon on the Gnostics

The Gnostics,” declared the 18th century historian Edward Gibbon, “were distinguished as the most polite, the most learned, and the most wealthy of the Christian name.”

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RegNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=were+distinguished+as+the+most+polite+the+most+learned&source=bl&ots=o8Xq36aOo8&sig=bwqNxuL9D8IWiP-JGWkZVfG05JI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eJDNU7SYIsag7AbNkIGYAQ&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=were%20distinguished%20as%20the%20most%20polite%20the%20most%20learned&f=false

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