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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... less grave au- thority than that of Polybius , lib . xviii . 37. On the general respect to temples in war , comp . Grot . de Jur . Bell . et Pac . iii . 12 , § 6 . The question is well discussed by Jortin , Discourses , p . 53 , note ...
... less grave au- thority than that of Polybius , lib . xviii . 37. On the general respect to temples in war , comp . Grot . de Jur . Bell . et Pac . iii . 12 , § 6 . The question is well discussed by Jortin , Discourses , p . 53 , note ...
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... less was required than a religion coextensive at least with the empire of Rome , and calculated for the advanced state of intellectual culture : and in Christianity this new element of society was found ; which , in fact , in ...
... less was required than a religion coextensive at least with the empire of Rome , and calculated for the advanced state of intellectual culture : and in Christianity this new element of society was found ; which , in fact , in ...
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... less stone , the meanest reptile , any object however worthless or insignificant , is consecrated by a vague and mysterious reverence , as the representative of an unseen Being . The beneficence of this deity is usually limited to ...
... less stone , the meanest reptile , any object however worthless or insignificant , is consecrated by a vague and mysterious reverence , as the representative of an unseen Being . The beneficence of this deity is usually limited to ...
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... less occupied with the daily toils of life , and ad- vanced beyond the mass of the people , the pri- Priestly mitive Nature - worship has been perpetually brought back , as it were , to its original elements ; and , without disturbing ...
... less occupied with the daily toils of life , and ad- vanced beyond the mass of the people , the pri- Priestly mitive Nature - worship has been perpetually brought back , as it were , to its original elements ; and , without disturbing ...
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... less imaginative and more reflecting age , that familiarity which destroys respect . When man became more acquainted with his own nature , the less was he satisfied with deities cast in his own mould . In some respects the advancement ...
... less imaginative and more reflecting age , that familiarity which destroys respect . When man became more acquainted with his own nature , the less was he satisfied with deities cast in his own mould . In some respects the advancement ...
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