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... philosophy , to admit of its being further pursued in this place . The foregoing hints will suffice to show how far the author's assent is given and how far denied , to the reasonings of a very remarkable letter from the late Blanco ...
... philosophy , to admit of its being further pursued in this place . The foregoing hints will suffice to show how far the author's assent is given and how far denied , to the reasonings of a very remarkable letter from the late Blanco ...
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... philosophy which they had been taught , and of morals which approved them- selves to their own conscience . They saw and felt what they wrote , and they wrote it truly . This belief is evidently all that is necessary to constitute a ...
... philosophy which they had been taught , and of morals which approved them- selves to their own conscience . They saw and felt what they wrote , and they wrote it truly . This belief is evidently all that is necessary to constitute a ...
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... Church the sole vehicle of Christianity , that bare it on over the storms of ages , and sheltered it amid the clash of nations . It evangelized the philosophy of the East , and gave some sobriety to LECTURE II CATHOLIC INFALLIBILITY.
... Church the sole vehicle of Christianity , that bare it on over the storms of ages , and sheltered it amid the clash of nations . It evangelized the philosophy of the East , and gave some sobriety to LECTURE II CATHOLIC INFALLIBILITY.
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... philosophy of the East , and gave some sobriety to its wild and voluptuous dreams . It received into its bosom the savage con- querors of the North , and nursed them successively out of utter barbarism . It stood by the desert fountain ...
... philosophy of the East , and gave some sobriety to its wild and voluptuous dreams . It received into its bosom the savage con- querors of the North , and nursed them successively out of utter barbarism . It stood by the desert fountain ...
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... philosophy ; most , treatises of theology . They severally lived in the towns of Europe , Asia , and Africa , * For an acute and highly interesting answer to the question , " Who are the Fathers ? " I would beg to refer my readers to ...
... philosophy ; most , treatises of theology . They severally lived in the towns of Europe , Asia , and Africa , * For an acute and highly interesting answer to the question , " Who are the Fathers ? " I would beg to refer my readers to ...
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RATIONALE OF RELIGIOUS ENQUIRY James 1805-1900 Martineau,Joseph Blanco 1775-1841 White No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 124 - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Page 128 - And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 31 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 152 - He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
Page 160 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
Page 28 - Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father, which is in heaven...