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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... though a kind of heathen bigotry seems to have mingled with his strange cha- racter . 1 Macc . i . 41 et seqq .; 2 Macc . vi .; Diod . Sic . xxxiv . 1 ; Hist . of the Jews , vol . i . p . 461 . CHAP . I. POLICY OF ALEXANDER - - OF ROME.
... though a kind of heathen bigotry seems to have mingled with his strange cha- racter . 1 Macc . i . 41 et seqq .; 2 Macc . vi .; Diod . Sic . xxxiv . 1 ; Hist . of the Jews , vol . i . p . 461 . CHAP . I. POLICY OF ALEXANDER - - OF ROME.
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... racter . The religion of Greece was the religion of the Arts , the Games , the Theatre ; it was that of a race , living always in public , by whom the corporeal perfection of man had been carried to the highest point . In no other ...
... racter . The religion of Greece was the religion of the Arts , the Games , the Theatre ; it was that of a race , living always in public , by whom the corporeal perfection of man had been carried to the highest point . In no other ...
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... racter of the Deity . God is Power in the old religion ; He is Love under the new . Nor does the old and his pure and essential spirituality , in the more complete faith of the Gospel , attach itself to , or exhibit a Even if the notion ...
... racter of the Deity . God is Power in the old religion ; He is Love under the new . Nor does the old and his pure and essential spirituality , in the more complete faith of the Gospel , attach itself to , or exhibit a Even if the notion ...
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... racter of the people who are its votaries . It must be considered , therefore , in constant connexion with that character ; it will darken with the darkness , and brighten with the light , of each succeeding century ; in an ungenial ...
... racter of the people who are its votaries . It must be considered , therefore , in constant connexion with that character ; it will darken with the darkness , and brighten with the light , of each succeeding century ; in an ungenial ...
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... racter ) is so contrary to the principles of human nature , and to all historical precedent , that the whole must be fictitious ; a singular canon , that every thing extraordinary and unprecedented in history must be untrue . I suspect ...
... racter ) is so contrary to the principles of human nature , and to all historical precedent , that the whole must be fictitious ; a singular canon , that every thing extraordinary and unprecedented in history must be untrue . I suspect ...
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