This circumstance greatly facilitated the progress of Christianity, whose beautiful simplicity furnished a powerful contrast to the confused and cumbrous mass of divinities, worshipped in the time of the emperors.
_Questions for Examination_.
1.

How did the religion of the Romans differ from that of the Greeks?
2.

Was the Roman religion connected with the government?
3.

How was the right of taking the Auspices abused?
4.

Who were the augurs?
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