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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... remark- able one , called The Modern Buddhist , now The Wheel of the Law , which is an account of the religious thoughts of a Siamese monarch , with a statement of his conversations with Christian missionaries . In this the British ...
... remark- able one , called The Modern Buddhist , now The Wheel of the Law , which is an account of the religious thoughts of a Siamese monarch , with a statement of his conversations with Christian missionaries . In this the British ...
Page xvi
... remarks criticised . Necessity for miracles is doubtful . Sakya and a future life . Resurrection from the dead . Jesus not the first fruits of them that slept . Paul's argument worthless . Buddhists in advance of Chris- tians ...
... remarks criticised . Necessity for miracles is doubtful . Sakya and a future life . Resurrection from the dead . Jesus not the first fruits of them that slept . Paul's argument worthless . Buddhists in advance of Chris- tians ...
Page xvii
... remarks . Quotations from their writings . Footprints of Buddha and Peter . Immaculate conception of Sakya . Old Simeon - a repetition . Wise men from the East . St Ursula . Three Buddhist councils to compile scrip- tures . Buddhism ...
... remarks . Quotations from their writings . Footprints of Buddha and Peter . Immaculate conception of Sakya . Old Simeon - a repetition . Wise men from the East . St Ursula . Three Buddhist councils to compile scrip- tures . Buddhism ...
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... remark , vol . I. , p . 364— “ These works of art ( arms , idols , and medals , found in New Granada tombs ) are acknowledged , by the archæologists of Panama , to possess the characteristics of both Chinese and Egyptian art . " Here ...
... remark , vol . I. , p . 364— “ These works of art ( arms , idols , and medals , found in New Granada tombs ) are acknowledged , by the archæologists of Panama , to possess the characteristics of both Chinese and Egyptian art . " Here ...
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... remark , " that the Devil had posi- tively taught to the Mexicans the same things which God had taught to Christendom . " When once we have satisfied ourselves of the truth of the Spanish accounts of the ancient Mexican institutions ...
... remark , " that the Devil had posi- tively taught to the Mexicans the same things which God had taught to Christendom . " When once we have satisfied ourselves of the truth of the Spanish accounts of the ancient Mexican institutions ...
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