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
... amongst " the children of men , there is none that doeth good ; no , not one ; " but we must equally bow before the statement of Ezekiel ( ch . xxii . 30 ) , that there was no more propriety amongst the so - called " chosen people of ...
... amongst " the children of men , there is none that doeth good ; no , not one ; " but we must equally bow before the statement of Ezekiel ( ch . xxii . 30 ) , that there was no more propriety amongst the so - called " chosen people of ...
Page x
... amongst Christians in general . But in such schemes of physic and faith , very few " ministers " are necessary , shams find no place , and emoluments are small . A man who communes with his God requires no priest , mediator , middle ...
... amongst Christians in general . But in such schemes of physic and faith , very few " ministers " are necessary , shams find no place , and emoluments are small . A man who communes with his God requires no priest , mediator , middle ...
Page xii
... amongst the followers of Moses and Jesus , or to discover any spot in the wide world where there is , or has been , a civilization equal to that which existed in Judea , and the parts inhabited by Christians . In consequence of this ...
... amongst the followers of Moses and Jesus , or to discover any spot in the wide world where there is , or has been , a civilization equal to that which existed in Judea , and the parts inhabited by Christians . In consequence of this ...
Page xiii
... amongst the orthodox there is no difficulty in allowing the existence of a strong similarity in all systems of religion ; but the value of the fact is supposed to be reduced to ridicule by the monstrous assertion , that Moses and Jesus ...
... amongst the orthodox there is no difficulty in allowing the existence of a strong similarity in all systems of religion ; but the value of the fact is supposed to be reduced to ridicule by the monstrous assertion , that Moses and Jesus ...
Page xvi
... amongst the Aryans and Egyp- tians . Their priesthood . The Aryans Monotheists . An Aryan hymn . Max Müller and Talboys Wheeler . Aryan conceptions compared with Psalm civ . 1-4 . Monotheism of the Egyptians . Shemitic religions ...
... amongst the Aryans and Egyp- tians . Their priesthood . The Aryans Monotheists . An Aryan hymn . Max Müller and Talboys Wheeler . Aryan conceptions compared with Psalm civ . 1-4 . Monotheism of the Egyptians . Shemitic religions ...
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