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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... spirit , and extensive range of inquiry , which in modern times have been carried into the study of mythology , approximate in the most re- markable manner the religions of the most remote countries . The same primary principles ...
... spirit , and extensive range of inquiry , which in modern times have been carried into the study of mythology , approximate in the most re- markable manner the religions of the most remote countries . The same primary principles ...
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... Spirit , and they that worship him , must worship him in spirit and in truth . " In the early Jewish worship , it was the physical power of the Deity which was chiefly and perpetually presented to the mind of the worshipper : he was ...
... Spirit , and they that worship him , must worship him in spirit and in truth . " In the early Jewish worship , it was the physical power of the Deity which was chiefly and perpetually presented to the mind of the worshipper : he was ...
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... spirit of the age of proscriptions taking for once a more solemn and religious form . As to the libation of the blood of the gladiators ( see Tertullian , Apolog . c . 9 . Scorpiac . 7. Cyprian , De Spectaculis . Compare Porphyr . de ...
... spirit of the age of proscriptions taking for once a more solemn and religious form . As to the libation of the blood of the gladiators ( see Tertullian , Apolog . c . 9 . Scorpiac . 7. Cyprian , De Spectaculis . Compare Porphyr . de ...
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... spirit of the age . It may indeed be questioned whether the Mysteries did not owe much of their influence to their secrecy , and to the impressive forms under which they shadowed forth their more recondite truths . These , if they did ...
... spirit of the age . It may indeed be questioned whether the Mysteries did not owe much of their influence to their secrecy , and to the impressive forms under which they shadowed forth their more recondite truths . These , if they did ...
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... spirits alone it was possible to communicate the highest secrets of knowledge , more particularly the mystery of the great Supreme Being , proclaimed it vain and unwise to attempt to elevate the many to such exalted speculations . " The ...
... spirits alone it was possible to communicate the highest secrets of knowledge , more particularly the mystery of the great Supreme Being , proclaimed it vain and unwise to attempt to elevate the many to such exalted speculations . " The ...
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