The History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire, Volume 1John Murray, 1867 - Church history |
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... deities were universally recog- nised ; and as their gods accompanied the migrations or the conquests of different nations , the worship of those gods was extended over a wider surface , but rarely propagated among the subject races ...
... deities were universally recog- nised ; and as their gods accompanied the migrations or the conquests of different nations , the worship of those gods was extended over a wider surface , but rarely propagated among the subject races ...
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... deity of the invaders ; yet their right to a seat in the crowded synod of heaven , and their rank among the ... deities of his subject ; and thus religious persecution be in- flicted by the oppressor , and religious fanaticism excited ...
... deity of the invaders ; yet their right to a seat in the crowded synod of heaven , and their rank among the ... deities of his subject ; and thus religious persecution be in- flicted by the oppressor , and religious fanaticism excited ...
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... deities of the conquered Alexander ; nations were treated with uniform reverence , the sacri- legious plunder of their temples punished with ex- emplary severity . " of Rome . According to the Grecian system , their own gods were ...
... deities of the conquered Alexander ; nations were treated with uniform reverence , the sacri- legious plunder of their temples punished with ex- emplary severity . " of Rome . According to the Grecian system , their own gods were ...
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... deities of all nations , in Rome , the religious as well as the civil capital of the world . " The state , as Cicero ... deity of Rome was a secret . Pliny , Nat . Hist . iii . 5. Bayle , Art . Soranus . Plut . Quæst . Rom . Note on ...
... deities of all nations , in Rome , the religious as well as the civil capital of the world . " The state , as Cicero ... deity of Rome was a secret . Pliny , Nat . Hist . iii . 5. Bayle , Art . Soranus . Plut . Quæst . Rom . Note on ...
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... deity is usually limited to supplying the wants of the day , or to in- fluencing the hourly occurrences of a life , in which violent and exhausting labour alternates either with periods of sluggish and torpid indolence , as among some ...
... deity is usually limited to supplying the wants of the day , or to in- fluencing the hourly occurrences of a life , in which violent and exhausting labour alternates either with periods of sluggish and torpid indolence , as among some ...
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