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... MYSTERIES , the most sacred part of pagan religion ; and artfully framed to strike deeply and forcibly into the minds and imaginations of the people . I propose , therefore , to give a full and distinct account of this whole matter ...
... MYSTERIES , the most sacred part of pagan religion ; and artfully framed to strike deeply and forcibly into the minds and imaginations of the people . I propose , therefore , to give a full and distinct account of this whole matter ...
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... mysteries of that god ; so , in Rome , the public and open worship of Bacchus was in use long before his mysteries were admitted . But , on the other hand again , the worship of the strange god was sometimes introduced only for the sake ...
... mysteries of that god ; so , in Rome , the public and open worship of Bacchus was in use long before his mysteries were admitted . But , on the other hand again , the worship of the strange god was sometimes introduced only for the sake ...
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... mysteries , amongst Greeks and barbarians , taught concerning it : † and Celsus , in his turn , endeavouring to show that Christianity had no advantage over paganism in the efficacy of stronger sanctions , expresses himself to this ...
... mysteries , amongst Greeks and barbarians , taught concerning it : † and Celsus , in his turn , endeavouring to show that Christianity had no advantage over paganism in the efficacy of stronger sanctions , expresses himself to this ...
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... MYSTERIES , those which bore that name , by way of eminence , the ELEUSINIAN , celebrated at Athens in honour of Ceres , were by far the most renowned ; and , in course of time , eclipsed , and almost swal- lowed up the rest . Their ...
... MYSTERIES , those which bore that name , by way of eminence , the ELEUSINIAN , celebrated at Athens in honour of Ceres , were by far the most renowned ; and , in course of time , eclipsed , and almost swal- lowed up the rest . Their ...
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... mysteries were for the support of the doctrine . But now , lest it should be mistaken , that initiation alone , or any other means than a virtuous life , entitled men to this future happiness , the mysteries openly proclaimed it as ...
... mysteries were for the support of the doctrine . But now , lest it should be mistaken , that initiation alone , or any other means than a virtuous life , entitled men to this future happiness , the mysteries openly proclaimed it as ...
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Page 341 - That Wisdom infinite must form the best, Where all must full or not coherent be, And all that rises, rise in due degree ; Then, in the scale of reasoning life, 'tis plain, There must be, somewhere, such a rank as Man: And all the question (wrangle e'er so long) Is only this, if God has placed him wrong?
Page 429 - Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 32 IT And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Page 629 - ... true eloquence I find to be none but the serious and hearty love of truth; and that whose mind soever is fully possessed with a fervent desire to know good things, and with the dearest charity to infuse the knowledge of them into others, when such a man would speak, his words, by what I can express, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command, and in well-ordered files, as he would wish, fall aptly into their own places.
Page 429 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.
Page 411 - Who changed the Truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 392 - Stand by thyself, come not near me, for I am holier than thou.
Page 411 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves...
Page 313 - Nilotici calami inscriptam non spreveris inspicere. figuras fortunasque hominum in alias imagines conversas et in se rursum mutuo nexu refectas, ut mireris, exordior.
Page 511 - Nam Pythagoras, qui censuit animum esse per naturam rerum omnem intentum et commeantem ex quo nostri animi carperentur, non vidit distractione humanorum animorum discerpi et lacerari deum, et cum miseri animi essent, quod plerisque contingeret, turn dei partem esse miseram, 28 quod fieri non potest.