Scenes from Christian HistoryCrosby, Nichols, and Company, 1854 - 288 pages |
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Page 41
... priests and priestesses in a perfect frenzy . * Now , in these letters of Paul , it will be found that that sort of religious excitement , even in his time , was apt to seize upon the Christian converts in those lands . Montanus was ...
... priests and priestesses in a perfect frenzy . * Now , in these letters of Paul , it will be found that that sort of religious excitement , even in his time , was apt to seize upon the Christian converts in those lands . Montanus was ...
Page 51
... priests , to each other and to their pupils , explained these things . The igno- rant worshipped many gods under many names , as Anubis , Isis , Thoth , Phthah , and many others . But the priests , who held and taught the secrets of the ...
... priests , to each other and to their pupils , explained these things . The igno- rant worshipped many gods under many names , as Anubis , Isis , Thoth , Phthah , and many others . But the priests , who held and taught the secrets of the ...
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... priests had a fear , which is sometimes perceived in modern preaching , that they should de- grade the Infinite God , if they supposed that he busied himself in such little matters as the creation of this world . They therefore supposed ...
... priests had a fear , which is sometimes perceived in modern preaching , that they should de- grade the Infinite God , if they supposed that he busied himself in such little matters as the creation of this world . They therefore supposed ...
Page 53
... alike . - The distinction was better preserved to the common people than to the priests , though the oneness of the gods was sacrificed to the same degree . As has been what is immaterial ; it is hard to ally what 5 *
... alike . - The distinction was better preserved to the common people than to the priests , though the oneness of the gods was sacrificed to the same degree . As has been what is immaterial ; it is hard to ally what 5 *
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... priests were expounding the old Egyptian trinity ; the followers of Plato were making a new Platonic trinity ; the philosophic Jews , leaving the orthodox Jewish faith , were reviving the specula- tions of Philo on Plato's trinity . And ...
... priests were expounding the old Egyptian trinity ; the followers of Plato were making a new Platonic trinity ; the philosophic Jews , leaving the orthodox Jewish faith , were reviving the specula- tions of Philo on Plato's trinity . And ...
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