The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire, Volume 1John Murray, 1884 - Christianity |
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... According to the Grecian system , their own gods were recognised in those of Egypt and Asia . The foreign deities were called by Grecian names , and worshipped with the accustomed offerings ; and thus all religious differences between ...
... According to the Grecian system , their own gods were recognised in those of Egypt and Asia . The foreign deities were called by Grecian names , and worshipped with the accustomed offerings ; and thus all religious differences between ...
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... According to Verrius Flaccus , cited by Pliny ( xxviii . 2 ) , the Romans used to invoke the tutelary deity of every place which they besieged , and bribed him to their side by promising greater honours . Macrobius has a copy of the ...
... According to Verrius Flaccus , cited by Pliny ( xxviii . 2 ) , the Romans used to invoke the tutelary deity of every place which they besieged , and bribed him to their side by promising greater honours . Macrobius has a copy of the ...
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... according to that consummate master of the science , M. Max Müller , on the whole , as must be the case in all works which aspire to resolve language into its primitive elements , tends strongly towards slow and progressive develop ...
... according to that consummate master of the science , M. Max Müller , on the whole , as must be the case in all works which aspire to resolve language into its primitive elements , tends strongly towards slow and progressive develop ...
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... according to the circumstances of climate or soil ; it is impossible to mistake this with regard to the Egyp- tian myths . " Schlegel , p . 16. Pre- face to Pritchard's Egyptian Mytho- logy . My own views , considering the question in a ...
... according to the circumstances of climate or soil ; it is impossible to mistake this with regard to the Egyp- tian myths . " Schlegel , p . 16. Pre- face to Pritchard's Egyptian Mytho- logy . My own views , considering the question in a ...
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... ( according to their own tradition " ) ceased with the temple of Solomon ; and the heathen world beheld with astonishment a whole race whose deity was represented under no visible form or likeness . The Prophets , in their spiritual as in ...
... ( according to their own tradition " ) ceased with the temple of Solomon ; and the heathen world beheld with astonishment a whole race whose deity was represented under no visible form or likeness . The Prophets , in their spiritual as in ...
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