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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... doctrines " orthodox . " It is equally certain that to such opinion the majority adhere through life . But it has always happened , that many men and women have aspired to the position of medical professors , without going through the ...
... doctrines " orthodox . " It is equally certain that to such opinion the majority adhere through life . But it has always happened , that many men and women have aspired to the position of medical professors , without going through the ...
Page ix
... doctrines of the latter being , in many respects , identical with , or deduced from , the former . It seemed necessary , therefore , to ascertain whether , in religion , any other ... doctrine and bad in practice ; and that , PREFACE . ix.
... doctrines of the latter being , in many respects , identical with , or deduced from , the former . It seemed necessary , therefore , to ascertain whether , in religion , any other ... doctrine and bad in practice ; and that , PREFACE . ix.
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... doctrine and bad in practice ; and that , if any must exist , the one which effects the least mischief should be the one selected for general adoption . It required much courage to allow myself to believe that doctors have , taking ...
... doctrine and bad in practice ; and that , if any must exist , the one which effects the least mischief should be the one selected for general adoption . It required much courage to allow myself to believe that doctors have , taking ...
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... doctrines . Particulars . Mexican Heaven , Hell , and Limbo . Mexican baptism and prayers . Priests and their duties ... doctrine . Christian gods in Mexico as bad as the Aztec deities . History of Peru . The policy of its rulers . Roads ...
... doctrines . Particulars . Mexican Heaven , Hell , and Limbo . Mexican baptism and prayers . Priests and their duties ... doctrine . Christian gods in Mexico as bad as the Aztec deities . History of Peru . The policy of its rulers . Roads ...
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... doctrine - compared with Christian teaching . Another paral- lel between Buddha and Jesus . Commandments of Tathagata ( Buddha ) , or the Great Sramana . Rules for his saintly friends - for outsiders . Definition of terms . The ...
... doctrine - compared with Christian teaching . Another paral- lel between Buddha and Jesus . Commandments of Tathagata ( Buddha ) , or the Great Sramana . Rules for his saintly friends - for outsiders . Definition of terms . The ...
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