Julian the Apostate, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Julian the Apostate, Vol. 2 That Julian should take this resolution as soon as he possessed absolute liberty of action was, of course, only natural. But what was his conduct with regard to Christianity, in which he recognised a hateful enemy with whom he was about to engage in a mortal duel? This is the most interesting point in the study we are making concerning the person and actions of the Emperor Julian. His first movements clearly indicate the course which he intends to pursue. While providing for the reopening of the temples and the restoration of the Pagan worship, he invited to the palace the heads of the Christian Church, divided, as we know, into two parties who cordially hated each other, and, before the Christian congregations, who also were admitted into the presence of the Emperor, he courteously admonished them to quell their discords and let each one follow his own religion without fear of interference ut discordiis consopitis, quique, nullo vetante, religioni suas serviret intrepidus.z With this discourse to the Christians of Constantinople, Julian re-established that principle of religious tolerance, inaugurated by Constantine with the Edict of Milan, and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.