Ancient Faiths and Modern: A Dissertation Upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist |
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Page ix
... John vi . 70 , to have selected a devil to bring about certain ends- see also John xiii . 26 , 27 , in which the agency is well marked . Modern divines tell us that war , tumult , hatred , malice , quarrels of all kinds , and murder ...
... John vi . 70 , to have selected a devil to bring about certain ends- see also John xiii . 26 , 27 , in which the agency is well marked . Modern divines tell us that war , tumult , hatred , malice , quarrels of all kinds , and murder ...
Page xi
... John iii . 7 ) . Let me contrast my own views with those generally cur- rent amongst us . I believe that God did not make men , any more than the beasts , to damn the largest number of them throughout eternity . I believe that all who ...
... John iii . 7 ) . Let me contrast my own views with those generally cur- rent amongst us . I believe that God did not make men , any more than the beasts , to damn the largest number of them throughout eternity . I believe that all who ...
Page xvi
... John and Mahomet com- pared with that of Buddha . Prayer not a Buddhist institution - nor originally a Christian one . Nature of prayer . The developments of Buddhism , particu- lars - comparison between the Eastern ancient and Western ...
... John and Mahomet com- pared with that of Buddha . Prayer not a Buddhist institution - nor originally a Christian one . Nature of prayer . The developments of Buddhism , particu- lars - comparison between the Eastern ancient and Western ...
Page xx
... John . Pious frauds . Influence of dishonest teaching on education . The point involved in sectarian discussions . Lying miracles - are they promulgated honestly ? Is it honest in religion to promulgate that which we know to be wrong ...
... John . Pious frauds . Influence of dishonest teaching on education . The point involved in sectarian discussions . Lying miracles - are they promulgated honestly ? Is it honest in religion to promulgate that which we know to be wrong ...
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... John , and Jude , as given in the Epistles and Gospels included in the canon of the New Testament . To cope with any one of these histories as they deserve to be handled would involve the work of a lifetime , and for one man 12.
... John , and Jude , as given in the Epistles and Gospels included in the canon of the New Testament . To cope with any one of these histories as they deserve to be handled would involve the work of a lifetime , and for one man 12.
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