The Religions and Religious Ceremonies of All Nations: Accurately, Impartially, and Fully Described; Including Christians, Mohammedans, Jews, Brahmins, and Pagans, of All Sects and Denominations |
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... Temple of Mecca and Assumption of Mahomet . [ Page 270. ] The Prophet is here described as in the act of mounting to heaven on the miraculous mule , called Alborak . Ablution . [ Page 294. ] Mohammedans performing their ablutions , or ...
... Temple of Mecca and Assumption of Mahomet . [ Page 270. ] The Prophet is here described as in the act of mounting to heaven on the miraculous mule , called Alborak . Ablution . [ Page 294. ] Mohammedans performing their ablutions , or ...
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... Temple of Apes . [ Page 462. ] Interior of a Temple dedicated to Apes , and filled with images of that animal . Confucius . [ Page 462. ] The Chinese worshipping before an image of their fa- mous Philosopher and Apostle Confucius ...
... Temple of Apes . [ Page 462. ] Interior of a Temple dedicated to Apes , and filled with images of that animal . Confucius . [ Page 462. ] The Chinese worshipping before an image of their fa- mous Philosopher and Apostle Confucius ...
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... temple dedicated to that luminary , and is in the act of presenting the consecrated cup . Japanese Funeral . [ Page 467. ] The Japanese frequently burn their dead bodies before their gods : the cut describes a procession for this pur ...
... temple dedicated to that luminary , and is in the act of presenting the consecrated cup . Japanese Funeral . [ Page 467. ] The Japanese frequently burn their dead bodies before their gods : the cut describes a procession for this pur ...
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... temple of Diana , built there in the time of Ancus Martius . But the true signification , and which opinion is generally re- ceived , is , that Aventinus , king of Alba , being killed by lightning , was there buried , and thus left the ...
... temple of Diana , built there in the time of Ancus Martius . But the true signification , and which opinion is generally re- ceived , is , that Aventinus , king of Alba , being killed by lightning , was there buried , and thus left the ...
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... temple of Diana , or at least built on the site , with the ruins of the afore - named temple ; and this is strengthened further by the testimony of Appianus , in his account of the civil wars of Rome , book 1 . that C. Gracchus , in his ...
... temple of Diana , or at least built on the site , with the ruins of the afore - named temple ; and this is strengthened further by the testimony of Appianus , in his account of the civil wars of Rome , book 1 . that C. Gracchus , in his ...
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Page 213 - THE condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith and calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God, by Christ, preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 16 - THE Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.
Page 188 - Faith ; which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance.
Page 144 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 233 - In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Page 187 - Faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the Persons: nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the glory equal, the Majesty coeternal.
Page 215 - GENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God.
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Page 23 - Is any sick among you? Let him call for the Elders of the Church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Name of the LORD : and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the LORD shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Page 210 - THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance...