The Bible and Men of Learning: In a Course of LecturesFanshaw, 1855 - 395 pages |
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Page 37
... faith and forms of worship which he recommends or embellishes , Christianity is held up as having scarce a redeeming quality to atone for the wrongs he imputes to it . With an avidity which he can- not conceal , he recites and parades ...
... faith and forms of worship which he recommends or embellishes , Christianity is held up as having scarce a redeeming quality to atone for the wrongs he imputes to it . With an avidity which he can- not conceal , he recites and parades ...
Page 38
In a Course of Lectures James McFarlane Mathews. esty and bad faith in a writer of Gibbon's powerful mind , when we find him framing such mysteries of iniquity , such insidious attacks on Christianity ; with what abhorrence of the man ...
In a Course of Lectures James McFarlane Mathews. esty and bad faith in a writer of Gibbon's powerful mind , when we find him framing such mysteries of iniquity , such insidious attacks on Christianity ; with what abhorrence of the man ...
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... world , and establishes its faith upon the ruins which its arms have made . The triumph of Christianity is the secret progress of opinion , working at first no change in the existing forms or relations of society , FIRST LECTURE . 41.
... world , and establishes its faith upon the ruins which its arms have made . The triumph of Christianity is the secret progress of opinion , working at first no change in the existing forms or relations of society , FIRST LECTURE . 41.
Page 42
... faith ; still growing in numeri- cal superiority , compressing the inert resistance of its antagonist into a narrower compass ; not sweep- ing clear and levelling the ground for the erection of its new system , but springing up , as it ...
... faith ; still growing in numeri- cal superiority , compressing the inert resistance of its antagonist into a narrower compass ; not sweep- ing clear and levelling the ground for the erection of its new system , but springing up , as it ...
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... faith ? Have they impaired its beauty , or rendered its foundation less stable or secure ? They have led on their attacks under banners of every form and color . They have chosen their implements of warfare from every arsenal of ...
... faith ? Have they impaired its beauty , or rendered its foundation less stable or secure ? They have led on their attacks under banners of every form and color . They have chosen their implements of warfare from every arsenal of ...
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