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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... ministers " are necessary , shams find no place , and emoluments are small . A man who communes with his God requires no priest , mediator , middle - man , or saint - whether virgin , martyr , or both to intercede for him . Holding such ...
... ministers " are necessary , shams find no place , and emoluments are small . A man who communes with his God requires no priest , mediator , middle - man , or saint - whether virgin , martyr , or both to intercede for him . Holding such ...
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... ministers of all denominations — excepting , as a body , the Unitarians , and such individuals as Bishop Colenso , Bishop Hinds , Mr Voysey , and others . The laity are awaking to the fact that priests are strenuously endeavouring to ...
... ministers of all denominations — excepting , as a body , the Unitarians , and such individuals as Bishop Colenso , Bishop Hinds , Mr Voysey , and others . The laity are awaking to the fact that priests are strenuously endeavouring to ...
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... ministers , His residence , His army , and sometimes even as Himself . We showed , moreover , that the Almighty was depicted by some as a male , having the attributes and pas- sions of men , by others as a female , or celestial goddess ...
... ministers , His residence , His army , and sometimes even as Himself . We showed , moreover , that the Almighty was depicted by some as a male , having the attributes and pas- sions of men , by others as a female , or celestial goddess ...
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... ministers and hearers , everything which is told by missionaries of heathen deities is taken as true . Thus it has become the general belief that the Mexican theology , which required an annual sacrifice of human beings , whose hearts ...
... ministers and hearers , everything which is told by missionaries of heathen deities is taken as true . Thus it has become the general belief that the Mexican theology , which required an annual sacrifice of human beings , whose hearts ...
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... ministers - a reverence which maintained its hold on the warrior long after every other vestige of education had been effaced . In this matter America showed an astuteness equal to that exhibited by Papal hierarchs in Rome . To each of ...
... ministers - a reverence which maintained its hold on the warrior long after every other vestige of education had been effaced . In this matter America showed an astuteness equal to that exhibited by Papal hierarchs in Rome . To each of ...
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