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 xviii
... angels made to walk by the historian . The belief in angels incompatible with that of an omnipresent and omniscient God . Pictorial representations . Absurd conceptions of angelic wings . Angels want birds ' tails . Men have tried to ...
... angels made to walk by the historian . The belief in angels incompatible with that of an omnipresent and omniscient God . Pictorial representations . Absurd conceptions of angelic wings . Angels want birds ' tails . Men have tried to ...
Page xix
... angels . A resumé of their history . Inspiration did not reveal angels . Human fancy did . Con- spiracy in Heaven ! The Genesis of Hell . What sort of a place it is supposed to be . God made the Devil , so man must multiply his imps ...
... angels . A resumé of their history . Inspiration did not reveal angels . Human fancy did . Con- spiracy in Heaven ! The Genesis of Hell . What sort of a place it is supposed to be . God made the Devil , so man must multiply his imps ...
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... angels , spirits , and futurity were not based upon the writ- ings of Moses and the prophets , but upon Persian fantasies . In fine , we showed , that the Hebrews could not sustain the claim they made to be the especial people of God ...
... angels , spirits , and futurity were not based upon the writ- ings of Moses and the prophets , but upon Persian fantasies . In fine , we showed , that the Hebrews could not sustain the claim they made to be the especial people of God ...
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... angels . When treating , however , a subject like the religions of the ancient and modern world , it is difficult to frame the history so as to bring out the salient points , in a manner satisfactory to the reader or to the writer . The ...
... angels . When treating , however , a subject like the religions of the ancient and modern world , it is difficult to frame the history so as to bring out the salient points , in a manner satisfactory to the reader or to the writer . The ...
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... angels , archangels , and devils , and as Zeus was split up into an equally numerous army of gods , goddesses , and demigods . The Mexicans had thirteen major , and about two hundred minor , divinities , to one or other of whom each day ...
... angels , archangels , and devils , and as Zeus was split up into an equally numerous army of gods , goddesses , and demigods . The Mexicans had thirteen major , and about two hundred minor , divinities , to one or other of whom each day ...
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