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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... earth - aye , and many small ones too - seeking out for vil- lains , “ willing to commit murder for a mede , " and lament that lawgivers should secretly encourage lawlessness ; but we cannot forget that Jesus of Nazareth is represented ...
... earth - aye , and many small ones too - seeking out for vil- lains , “ willing to commit murder for a mede , " and lament that lawgivers should secretly encourage lawlessness ; but we cannot forget that Jesus of Nazareth is represented ...
Page xvi
... earth only . The decalogue super- fluous . Ideas of future rewards and punishments . Dives and Lazarus . The world can exist without a knowledge of a future life . God thought so when He taught the Jews . Dogma versus morality . See how ...
... earth only . The decalogue super- fluous . Ideas of future rewards and punishments . Dives and Lazarus . The world can exist without a knowledge of a future life . God thought so when He taught the Jews . Dogma versus morality . See how ...
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... earth . Before there could be any reconstruction attempted , it was necessary to procure all the material necessary ; and when , with great labour , this was accumulated , a fresh erection was made , which was far stronger than the ...
... earth . Before there could be any reconstruction attempted , it was necessary to procure all the material necessary ; and when , with great labour , this was accumulated , a fresh erection was made , which was far stronger than the ...
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... Earth . We proved , what indeed Colenso and a host of German critics have demonstrated in another fashion , that its historical portions are not to be depended upon ; that its stories are of no more real value than so many fairy tales ...
... Earth . We proved , what indeed Colenso and a host of German critics have demonstrated in another fashion , that its historical portions are not to be depended upon ; that its stories are of no more real value than so many fairy tales ...
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... earth , and the sea ; that He was considered to be One , yet that He was , nevertheless , represented by a multi- plicity of names , and as having many and opposite attributes . We also showed , that this sublime conception was very 6.
... earth , and the sea ; that He was considered to be One , yet that He was , nevertheless , represented by a multi- plicity of names , and as having many and opposite attributes . We also showed , that this sublime conception was very 6.
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