Errors Regarding ReligionAdam and Charles Black, 1841 - 295 pages |
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... observe , that the great and ever- recurring error of the ancients proceeds from their ignorance of creation . The substance of all things they supposed to be necessarily eternal . Forms might be changed , but essences were for ever the ...
... observe , that the great and ever- recurring error of the ancients proceeds from their ignorance of creation . The substance of all things they supposed to be necessarily eternal . Forms might be changed , but essences were for ever the ...
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... observe at once a striking contrast between the fanaticism of the one and the superstition of the other , and yet a singular coincidence in the time of their rise and of their duration , and in the gradual progress of their present ...
... observe at once a striking contrast between the fanaticism of the one and the superstition of the other , and yet a singular coincidence in the time of their rise and of their duration , and in the gradual progress of their present ...
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... observation . The Gnostic errors are forgotten , the Sabellians have never been able to hold together , the Arians are insignificant and far Į in the wane , the subtile disputes of the east are trampled under foot by the contempt and ...
... observation . The Gnostic errors are forgotten , the Sabellians have never been able to hold together , the Arians are insignificant and far Į in the wane , the subtile disputes of the east are trampled under foot by the contempt and ...
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... observe , on the one hand , a well regulated measure of freedom , or , on the other hand , to detect the commencing encroach- ments of power . Slavery had worn out the num- bers and consequence of the middle class , and was gradually ...
... observe , on the one hand , a well regulated measure of freedom , or , on the other hand , to detect the commencing encroach- ments of power . Slavery had worn out the num- bers and consequence of the middle class , and was gradually ...
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... observe that these ceremonies were no longer of use , since they were fulfilled and terminated in the Saviour ; and that the tithes were not the portion of a peculiar order , but of a whole tribe , who received them as a compensation ...
... observe that these ceremonies were no longer of use , since they were fulfilled and terminated in the Saviour ; and that the tithes were not the portion of a peculiar order , but of a whole tribe , who received them as a compensation ...
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Page 188 - Per substantiam intelligo id quod in se est et per se concipitur; hoc est id, cuius conceptus non indiget conceptu alterius rei, a quo formari debeat.
Page 154 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 106 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee ; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth ; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Page 105 - Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed; the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Page 105 - And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Page 221 - I. The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians, derived, it is true, from the Jewish religion, but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit which, instead of inviting, had deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses. II. The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight and efficacy to that important truth.