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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Page 25
... multitudes before the Parthenon or the Jove of Phidias , now gave place to cold and sober reason . Poetry had been religion - religion was becoming mere poetry . Humanizing the Deity , and bringing it too near the earth , naturally ...
... multitudes before the Parthenon or the Jove of Phidias , now gave place to cold and sober reason . Poetry had been religion - religion was becoming mere poetry . Humanizing the Deity , and bringing it too near the earth , naturally ...
Page 33
... multitude of its conflicting sects the patient but bewildered inquirer . Philosophy maintained the aristocratic tone , which , while it declared that to a few elect spirits alone it was possible to communicate the highest secrets of ...
... multitude of its conflicting sects the patient but bewildered inquirer . Philosophy maintained the aristocratic tone , which , while it declared that to a few elect spirits alone it was possible to communicate the highest secrets of ...
Page 37
... multitude is ever fickle , full of lawless desires , irrational passions and violence , it is right to restrain it by the fear of the invisible world , and such tragic terrors . Whence our ancestors appear to have introduced notions ...
... multitude is ever fickle , full of lawless desires , irrational passions and violence , it is right to restrain it by the fear of the invisible world , and such tragic terrors . Whence our ancestors appear to have introduced notions ...
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... multitudes of subordinate spirits , both good and evil . Where the pious Christian in the present day would behold the direct agency of the Almighty , the Jews would inva- riably have interposed an angel as the author or minis- terial ...
... multitudes of subordinate spirits , both good and evil . Where the pious Christian in the present day would behold the direct agency of the Almighty , the Jews would inva- riably have interposed an angel as the author or minis- terial ...
Page 86
... multitude of worshippers in the adjacent court awaited his return ; for it would seem , that the offering of incense was considered emblematic of the prayers of the whole As each came into office twice in the year , and there is nothing ...
... multitude of worshippers in the adjacent court awaited his return ; for it would seem , that the offering of incense was considered emblematic of the prayers of the whole As each came into office twice in the year , and there is nothing ...
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