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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XXVIII: Destruction Of Paganism
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91, &c.) the inconveniences which must arise, if they possessed a more active and sensible existence.] [Footnote 82: Vigilantius placed the souls of the prophets and martyrs, either in the bosom of Abraham, (in loco refrigerii,) or else under the altar of God.

Nec posse suis tumulis et ubi voluerunt adesse praesentes.
But Jerom (tom.ii.p.

122) sternly refutes this blasphemy.

Tu Deo leges pones?
Tu apostolis vincula injicies, ut usque ad diem judicii teneantur custodia, nec sint cum Domino suo; de quibus scriptum est, Sequuntur Agnum quocunque vadit.

Si Agnus ubique, ergo, et hi, qui cum Agno sunt, ubique esse credendi sunt.


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