The History of Christianity Consisting of the Life and Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; the Adventures of Paul and the Apostles; and the Most Interesting Events in the Progress of Christianity, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.

CHAPTER XIX.

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THE FIFTH CENTURY.

Christianity the only Possible Religion.――Adventures of Placidia. ――Her Marriage with Adolphus the Goth.――Scenes of Violence and Crime.――Attila the Hun.――Nuptials of Idaho.――Eudoxia and her Fate.――Triumph of Odoacer the Goth.――Character of the Roman Nobles.――Conquests of Theodoric.――John Chrysostom.――The Origin of Monasticism.――Augustine.――His Dissipation, Conversion, and Christian Career.