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 viii
... and teachers lived in the middle ages , they would have denounced , with greater warmth , the murders which were constantly being perpetrated in honour of Jesus . In like manner , we may greatly regret , with viii PREFACE .
... and teachers lived in the middle ages , they would have denounced , with greater warmth , the murders which were constantly being perpetrated in honour of Jesus . In like manner , we may greatly regret , with viii PREFACE .
Page ix
... manner , we may greatly regret , with the writer of Psalm xiv . , that amongst " the children of men , there is none that doeth good ; no , not one ; " but we must equally bow before the statement of Ezekiel ( ch . xxii . 30 ) , that ...
... manner , we may greatly regret , with the writer of Psalm xiv . , that amongst " the children of men , there is none that doeth good ; no , not one ; " but we must equally bow before the statement of Ezekiel ( ch . xxii . 30 ) , that ...
Page xii
... manner of life common amongst those to whom our Bible has been wholly unknown . Many of the conclusions to which I came have already appeared in the second volume of Ancient Faiths , under the heads of " Religion , " " Theology , xii ...
... manner of life common amongst those to whom our Bible has been wholly unknown . Many of the conclusions to which I came have already appeared in the second volume of Ancient Faiths , under the heads of " Religion , " " Theology , xii ...
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... manner , when the Mahometan Caliph destroyed the library of Alexandria , he offered to the mourners in its place the book of the Prophet Mahomet , which was , in his eyes , a pearl of so great price as to be equivalent in value to all ...
... manner , when the Mahometan Caliph destroyed the library of Alexandria , he offered to the mourners in its place the book of the Prophet Mahomet , which was , in his eyes , a pearl of so great price as to be equivalent in value to all ...
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... manner the ecclesiastic ought never to endanger his position by spending his energies in the defence of a useless outwork or a tinsel ornament . Entertain- ing these views ourselves , our first effort has been to clear the ground , and ...
... manner the ecclesiastic ought never to endanger his position by spending his energies in the defence of a useless outwork or a tinsel ornament . Entertain- ing these views ourselves , our first effort has been to clear the ground , and ...
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