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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... consequently , we inferred either ( 1 ) that the conversa- tion said to have been held between Jehovah and certain apocryphal men did not really occur ; or ( 2 ) that God did not think the existence of a future world a matter of ...
... consequently , we inferred either ( 1 ) that the conversa- tion said to have been held between Jehovah and certain apocryphal men did not really occur ; or ( 2 ) that God did not think the existence of a future world a matter of ...
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... new , so as to seduce or cheat the vulgar , whom it was not judicious to slaughter , into adopting the new faith . Consequently , we are able to understand how indecent ideas , sexual emblems , and Pagan festivals , with 10.
... new , so as to seduce or cheat the vulgar , whom it was not judicious to slaughter , into adopting the new faith . Consequently , we are able to understand how indecent ideas , sexual emblems , and Pagan festivals , with 10.
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... consequently , in these , as in all other instances , it behoves the philosopher to examine the evidence at his command with critical acumen , rather than accept the state- ments made by more or less careless observers . Endeavouring ...
... consequently , in these , as in all other instances , it behoves the philosopher to examine the evidence at his command with critical acumen , rather than accept the state- ments made by more or less careless observers . Endeavouring ...
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... consequently , the dread of the father which exists in the youth becomes , very generally , filial reverence in the man . But we also know that almost throughout the animal creation , the young and sturdy males will , as they grow up to ...
... consequently , the dread of the father which exists in the youth becomes , very generally , filial reverence in the man . But we also know that almost throughout the animal creation , the young and sturdy males will , as they grow up to ...
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... consequently , confession was only once resorted to , and that late in life ; a good plan , upon the whole , for ' it enabled a man whose days were numbered to get pardon " for good and aye . " It was also held that sacerdotal ...
... consequently , confession was only once resorted to , and that late in life ; a good plan , upon the whole , for ' it enabled a man whose days were numbered to get pardon " for good and aye . " It was also held that sacerdotal ...
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