An Inquiry Concerning the Origin of ChristianitySmallfield, 1838 - 379 pages |
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Page viii
... idea , and expressed under the name , of Christianity . Christianity , thus regarded as a system of elevated thought and feeling , will not be injured by being freed from those fables , and those views of local or temporary interest ...
... idea , and expressed under the name , of Christianity . Christianity , thus regarded as a system of elevated thought and feeling , will not be injured by being freed from those fables , and those views of local or temporary interest ...
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... Virgil had read Isaiah ; yet the resem- blance between the ideas in his Pollio and those of the Hebrew poet has struck all readers . : means , in which they were obviously deficient , as B 2 CAPTIVITY TO THE DEATH OF JESUS . 3.
... Virgil had read Isaiah ; yet the resem- blance between the ideas in his Pollio and those of the Hebrew poet has struck all readers . : means , in which they were obviously deficient , as B 2 CAPTIVITY TO THE DEATH OF JESUS . 3.
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... idea , * and during the Roman encroachments , it revived in full force . The romantic exploits of Maccabæus had * Tobit_xiii . 15 , 18 , Let my soul bless God the great king . For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires , and ...
... idea , * and during the Roman encroachments , it revived in full force . The romantic exploits of Maccabæus had * Tobit_xiii . 15 , 18 , Let my soul bless God the great king . For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires , and ...
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... idea of God is ever present to their thoughts , so that their imagination dwells , even in sleep , upon the beauty of his attributes ; many of them therefore deliver mag- nificent visions , suggested by their sacred philosophy in the ...
... idea of God is ever present to their thoughts , so that their imagination dwells , even in sleep , upon the beauty of his attributes ; many of them therefore deliver mag- nificent visions , suggested by their sacred philosophy in the ...
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... idea , not unnatural to any ardent Is- raelite , that he himself was to be the prophet and prince like unto Moses who should fill the restored throne of David . He had studied intensely the literature within thority they should be led ...
... idea , not unnatural to any ardent Is- raelite , that he himself was to be the prophet and prince like unto Moses who should fill the restored throne of David . He had studied intensely the literature within thority they should be led ...
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