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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... represented , in John vi . 70 , to have selected a devil to bring about certain ends- see also John xiii . 26 , 27 , in which the agency is well marked . Modern divines tell us that war , tumult , hatred , malice , quarrels of all kinds ...
... represented , in John vi . 70 , to have selected a devil to bring about certain ends- see also John xiii . 26 , 27 , in which the agency is well marked . Modern divines tell us that war , tumult , hatred , malice , quarrels of all kinds ...
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... , and the sea ; that He was considered to be One , yet that He was , nevertheless , represented by a multi- plicity of names , and as having many and opposite attributes . We also showed , that this sublime conception was very 6.
... , and the sea ; that He was considered to be One , yet that He was , nevertheless , represented by a multi- plicity of names , and as having many and opposite attributes . We also showed , that this sublime conception was very 6.
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... the vulgar , amongst the Roman Catholics , regard a statuette or picture of the Virgin , or an Ashantee a par- ticular form of idol fetish . As an example of such develop- ment , we pointed out that the Assyrians represented the 7.
... the vulgar , amongst the Roman Catholics , regard a statuette or picture of the Virgin , or an Ashantee a par- ticular form of idol fetish . As an example of such develop- ment , we pointed out that the Assyrians represented the 7.
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... represented the Godhead as four - fold , consisting of the triple male and the single female element in mundane creation , and that the idea of the trinity in unity , which is a doctrine recognized as far back amongst all nations as ...
... represented the Godhead as four - fold , consisting of the triple male and the single female element in mundane creation , and that the idea of the trinity in unity , which is a doctrine recognized as far back amongst all nations as ...
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... represented as being of such importance as to be the ground work of the covenant between God and the Hebrews , it being declared ( Gen. xvii . 14 ) , as if by the word of the Lord , that no man was to be allowed to live whose organ had ...
... represented as being of such importance as to be the ground work of the covenant between God and the Hebrews , it being declared ( Gen. xvii . 14 ) , as if by the word of the Lord , that no man was to be allowed to live whose organ had ...
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