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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... subject is of great interest and importance , and as the erroneous view is held in a book so justly popular as Gieseler's Handbook of Church History , some further observations . " M. de CHAP . I. g 27 Fontenelle is mistaken when he.
... subject is of great interest and importance , and as the erroneous view is held in a book so justly popular as Gieseler's Handbook of Church History , some further observations . " M. de CHAP . I. g 27 Fontenelle is mistaken when he.
Page 27
... observe that Cicero him- self had officiated as consul at the feast of Jupiter Latiaris . He described the solemnity incidentally in his poem on his own consulship . You will find the passage in the Book de Divinatione . He introduces ...
... observe that Cicero him- self had officiated as consul at the feast of Jupiter Latiaris . He described the solemnity incidentally in his poem on his own consulship . You will find the passage in the Book de Divinatione . He introduces ...
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... observed , though it had already commenced , was not carried to its height until philosophy and polytheism coalesced again , from the sense of their common danger , and endeavoured to array a system com- posed of the most rational and ...
... observed , though it had already commenced , was not carried to its height until philosophy and polytheism coalesced again , from the sense of their common danger , and endeavoured to array a system com- posed of the most rational and ...
Page 62
... observed , has no connexion whatever with the origi- nality or authority of these predic- tions . It should be borne in mind , that in these visions it is the moral or religious meaning alone which can be the object of faith , not the ...
... observed , has no connexion whatever with the origi- nality or authority of these predic- tions . It should be borne in mind , that in these visions it is the moral or religious meaning alone which can be the object of faith , not the ...
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... observed that in the later prophetic writings many allusions , and much of what may be called the poetic language and machinery , are strikingly similar to the main principles of the Magian faith . Nor can it be necessary to suggest how ...
... observed that in the later prophetic writings many allusions , and much of what may be called the poetic language and machinery , are strikingly similar to the main principles of the Magian faith . Nor can it be necessary to suggest how ...
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