Excerpt from The Rise of the Papacy, A. D. 385 461 II. To this earlier period I shall, however, return again, and hope at no distant date to send forth a companion volume to the present, which will link on the story here told with the earliest Christian times. It will be observed that, in the course of the narrative, I sometimes speak Of the Eastern or the Western Empire. This I do solely as a matter of convenience; and the use of the' ex pression does not imply that I have overlooked the fact that, strictly speaking, there were not two Empires, and that at all events in theory the Empire was one and indivisible, though for ad ministrative and executive purposes it consisted of two divisions This point should not be overlooked by any one desirous of obtaining a just appreciation of the facts of the case. 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.