There are some advocates who would disgrace Christianity, if Christianity could be disgraced, by the manner in which they defend her cause.

— Edward Gibbon Vindication (1779)

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Source: Vindication (1779), section XIV
Work: Vindication, 1779
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The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

Memoirs (1796)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

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