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 ix
... mother , " & c . ( Matt . x . 34 , 35 ) . When we institute comparisons like these , the balance is not uneven . I found , moreover , that the sharply defined line , commonly drawn between Paganism and Christianity , is worthless - the ...
... mother , " & c . ( Matt . x . 34 , 35 ) . When we institute comparisons like these , the balance is not uneven . I found , moreover , that the sharply defined line , commonly drawn between Paganism and Christianity , is worthless - the ...
Page xviii
... mothers . The babies - how treated . Foundlings and Hospitals . Antiope . Leucothöe . Divinely conceived persons not necessarily great or good . Babylonian idea that a god came down to enjoy human women . Tale from Herodotus . Jehovah ...
... mothers . The babies - how treated . Foundlings and Hospitals . Antiope . Leucothöe . Divinely conceived persons not necessarily great or good . Babylonian idea that a god came down to enjoy human women . Tale from Herodotus . Jehovah ...
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... Mother of God , or , as the Romanists say , of the Mater Creatoris . But with this know- ledge comes the very important consideration , how far Christian ideas , which are founded upon Pagan fancies , can be regarded as Divine . This ...
... Mother of God , or , as the Romanists say , of the Mater Creatoris . But with this know- ledge comes the very important consideration , how far Christian ideas , which are founded upon Pagan fancies , can be regarded as Divine . This ...
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... mother in the economy of human life . We see that the Almighty has implanted an instinct in one or both parents , throughout the larger part of the animal creation , to nourish , guide , and teach their young . The duck leads her brood ...
... mother in the economy of human life . We see that the Almighty has implanted an instinct in one or both parents , throughout the larger part of the animal creation , to nourish , guide , and teach their young . The duck leads her brood ...
Page 88
... mother in heaven . So did Sakya . Sakya did the same thing . Sakya was equally clever , and was exalted to be a god , under the name of Buddha = So did Sakya . knowledge . Christians believe that war has ex- isted in heaven . 88.
... mother in heaven . So did Sakya . Sakya did the same thing . Sakya was equally clever , and was exalted to be a god , under the name of Buddha = So did Sakya . knowledge . Christians believe that war has ex- isted in heaven . 88.
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