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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... doubt softened and purified the old religions from their savage and licentious ten- d Philo wrote for the unbelievers among his own people , and to conci- liate the Greek : ( De Conf . Linguar . vol . i . p . 405. ) The same principle ...
... doubt softened and purified the old religions from their savage and licentious ten- d Philo wrote for the unbelievers among his own people , and to conci- liate the Greek : ( De Conf . Linguar . vol . i . p . 405. ) The same principle ...
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... Pliny , xxx . 1 . That law was no doubt directed against the newly - subjugated and barbarous nations , Iberians , Gauls , and implies its long disuse in Rome , and that it was abhorent to Roman feeling . 8 The dissolute rites against ...
... Pliny , xxx . 1 . That law was no doubt directed against the newly - subjugated and barbarous nations , Iberians , Gauls , and implies its long disuse in Rome , and that it was abhorent to Roman feeling . 8 The dissolute rites against ...
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... doubt , speaks the lan- | guage of many of the more elevated minds when he states that he took refuge in philosophy from the afflic- tions of life at that dark period of civil contention . Hortata etiam est , at me ad hæc conferrem ...
... doubt , speaks the lan- | guage of many of the more elevated minds when he states that he took refuge in philosophy from the afflic- tions of life at that dark period of civil contention . Hortata etiam est , at me ad hæc conferrem ...
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... doubt a beneficial effect on the piety of the Christian , which delights in contem- plating the Saviour , undisturbed and uncontaminated by less holy associations ; but it has likewise its dis- advantages , in disconnecting his life ...
... doubt a beneficial effect on the piety of the Christian , which delights in contem- plating the Saviour , undisturbed and uncontaminated by less holy associations ; but it has likewise its dis- advantages , in disconnecting his life ...
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... doubt , that among other predictions , according to the general belief , which pointed to the present period , a very ancient interpre- tation of the prophecy , which declared that the sceptre , the royal dominion , should not depart ...
... doubt , that among other predictions , according to the general belief , which pointed to the present period , a very ancient interpre- tation of the prophecy , which declared that the sceptre , the royal dominion , should not depart ...
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