The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

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<p>This image accompanies a scene in Murer's play in which the Emperor Valens sacks an officer who has been embezzling the state for his refusal to accept the Arian doctrine. Rordorf interpreted the scene otherwise: the officer was dismissed because of his embezzlement. For a full explanation, see T. Vignau-Wilberg, ibid., p. 98</p>

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Table-Talk: being the discourses of John Selden, Esq. or, his sense of various matters of weight and high consequence. Relating especially to religion and state.

Harangue faite au roi, a Versailles le dimanche 3. juin 1725. / par Monseigneur l'archevêque de Toulouse president de l'Assemblée generale du clergé de France, tenuë à Paris en l'année 1725.

Discourses on the signs of the times. By William Linn, D.D. one of the Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church, in the City of New-York.

God is not great : how religion poisons everything / Christopher Hitchens.

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The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Table-Talk: being the discourses of John Selden, Esq. or, his sense of various matters of weight and high consequence. Relating especially to religion and state.

Harangue faite au roi, a Versailles le dimanche 3. juin 1725. / par Monseigneur l'archevêque de Toulouse president de l'Assemblée generale du clergé de France, tenuë à Paris en l'année 1725.

Discourses on the signs of the times. By William Linn, D.D. one of the Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church, in the City of New-York.

God is not great : how religion poisons everything / Christopher Hitchens.

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Religion and state

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The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Table-Talk: being the discourses of John Selden, Esq. or, his sense of various matters of weight and high consequence. Relating especially to religion and state.

Harangue faite au roi, a Versailles le dimanche 3. juin 1725. / par Monseigneur l'archevêque de Toulouse president de l'Assemblée generale du clergé de France, tenuë à Paris en l'année 1725.

Discourses on the signs of the times. By William Linn, D.D. one of the Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church, in the City of New-York.

God is not great : how religion poisons everything / Christopher Hitchens.

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