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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... period in the annals of the world , it would have en- countered obstacles apparently insurmountable , in pass- ing from one province to another , in moulding hostile and jealous nations into one religious community . A fiercer fire was ...
... period in the annals of the world , it would have en- countered obstacles apparently insurmountable , in pass- ing from one province to another , in moulding hostile and jealous nations into one religious community . A fiercer fire was ...
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... period of mourning about the autumnal , and of rejoicing about the vernal , equinox . * The suspension , or apparent extinction of the great Plutarch , de Iside et Osiride : - between the usages of so many dis- Φρύγες τὸν θεὸν οἰόμενοι ...
... period of mourning about the autumnal , and of rejoicing about the vernal , equinox . * The suspension , or apparent extinction of the great Plutarch , de Iside et Osiride : - between the usages of so many dis- Φρύγες τὸν θεὸν οἰόμενοι ...
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... human races , first , at a later a Some able writers are of opinion period , produced polytheism , and , that the reverse of this was the case- finally , altogether obscured the more 14 GROWTH OF MYTHOLOGY . Book I. tribe , every.
... human races , first , at a later a Some able writers are of opinion period , produced polytheism , and , that the reverse of this was the case- finally , altogether obscured the more 14 GROWTH OF MYTHOLOGY . Book I. tribe , every.
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... period , the yet undeveloped mind of man was unfit for the reception , or at least for the preservation of this doctrine , in its perfect spiritual purity ; as though the Deity condescended to the capacities of the age , and it were ...
... period , the yet undeveloped mind of man was unfit for the reception , or at least for the preservation of this doctrine , in its perfect spiritual purity ; as though the Deity condescended to the capacities of the age , and it were ...
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... period approaches in which the religion of civilisation is to be intro- Preparation duced into the great drama of human life , as gion in the we descend nearer towards the point of separa- World . tion between the ancient and modern ...
... period approaches in which the religion of civilisation is to be intro- Preparation duced into the great drama of human life , as gion in the we descend nearer towards the point of separa- World . tion between the ancient and modern ...
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