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
... worship daily or weekly . Nay , if report be true , " the eldest son of the Church , " when he visited the " parc aux cerfs , " made each fresh virgin , victim of his passion , duly say her prayers before she assisted him to commit ...
... worship daily or weekly . Nay , if report be true , " the eldest son of the Church , " when he visited the " parc aux cerfs , " made each fresh virgin , victim of his passion , duly say her prayers before she assisted him to commit ...
Page xv
... Worship . Festivals . Human sacrifice . No sexual deities or rites . Question of credibility - God and the Devil act alike ! Aztecs and Europeans compared . Christians have offered human sacrifice from the time of Peter downwards ...
... Worship . Festivals . Human sacrifice . No sexual deities or rites . Question of credibility - God and the Devil act alike ! Aztecs and Europeans compared . Christians have offered human sacrifice from the time of Peter downwards ...
Page xvii
... worship and processions . Progress of the pilgrims . Return by sea . Deductions . Developments of Christianity and Asceticism . Observations about travelling . Conclusions , CHAPTER VI . . . PAGE 171 Estimation of the Bible . The ...
... worship and processions . Progress of the pilgrims . Return by sea . Deductions . Developments of Christianity and Asceticism . Observations about travelling . Conclusions , CHAPTER VI . . . PAGE 171 Estimation of the Bible . The ...
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... worship , and gradually degraded them deeper and deeper , in consequence of the emblems of the deity being mistaken for the deity itself , much in the same way as the vulgar , amongst the Roman Catholics , regard a statuette or picture ...
... worship , and gradually degraded them deeper and deeper , in consequence of the emblems of the deity being mistaken for the deity itself , much in the same way as the vulgar , amongst the Roman Catholics , regard a statuette or picture ...
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... worship and honour throughout all ages . This union was spoken of as " the four , " and was symbolized as a square or a cross of four points , or a cross of eight points . We showed , still farther , that the male Creator was identified ...
... worship and honour throughout all ages . This union was spoken of as " the four , " and was symbolized as a square or a cross of four points , or a cross of eight points . We showed , still farther , that the male Creator was identified ...
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