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 xiii
... hand , I retort most strongly , by averring that I have not met , in the whole course of my reading , a religious work by an orthodox divine , which does not " bear false witness against its neighbours . " There is in all both a ...
... hand , I retort most strongly , by averring that I have not met , in the whole course of my reading , a religious work by an orthodox divine , which does not " bear false witness against its neighbours . " There is in all both a ...
Page xiv
... hand , that there is not only a wide , but a con- stantly extending dissatisfaction with the current theology taught by the ministers of all denominations — excepting , as a body , the Unitarians , and such individuals as Bishop Colenso ...
... hand , that there is not only a wide , but a con- stantly extending dissatisfaction with the current theology taught by the ministers of all denominations — excepting , as a body , the Unitarians , and such individuals as Bishop Colenso ...
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... hand in hand . Faith makes fools . Jesuits and faith . Popery and Faith . Faith persecutes reason . All religious teachers uphold faith - the reason why . Quiet after activity . The one who partly abjures faith resembles a mariner at ...
... hand in hand . Faith makes fools . Jesuits and faith . Popery and Faith . Faith persecutes reason . All religious teachers uphold faith - the reason why . Quiet after activity . The one who partly abjures faith resembles a mariner at ...
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... hands , a most remarkable book was published anonymously , entitled , Supernatural Religion , in two volumes . In it there is a most scholarly account of the origin of the New Testament writings , one which every thoughtful person ...
... hands , a most remarkable book was published anonymously , entitled , Supernatural Religion , in two volumes . In it there is a most scholarly account of the origin of the New Testament writings , one which every thoughtful person ...
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... however , each votary sacri- fices a joint of the little finger of one hand to the bad spirit . At this feast some doll - like effigies are used to mark the " mystery " tent . - Amongst barbarians like these are , it will readily 25.
... however , each votary sacri- fices a joint of the little finger of one hand to the bad spirit . At this feast some doll - like effigies are used to mark the " mystery " tent . - Amongst barbarians like these are , it will readily 25.
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