Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... considered , that this was not setting forth , or magnifying the character and worship of some new com- petitor for a place in the Pantheon , whose pretensions might be discussed or asserted without questioning the reality of any others ...
... considered , that this was not setting forth , or magnifying the character and worship of some new com- petitor for a place in the Pantheon , whose pretensions might be discussed or asserted without questioning the reality of any others ...
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... considered , that this was not the case of philosophers propounding in their books , or in their schools , doubts concerning the truth of the popular creed , or even avowing their dis- belief of it . These philosophers did not go about ...
... considered , that this was not the case of philosophers propounding in their books , or in their schools , doubts concerning the truth of the popular creed , or even avowing their dis- belief of it . These philosophers did not go about ...
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... considered , that this danger proceeded not merely from solemn acts and public resolutions of the state , but from sudden bursts of violence at particular places , from the licence of the populace , the rashness of some Magis- trates ...
... considered , that this danger proceeded not merely from solemn acts and public resolutions of the state , but from sudden bursts of violence at particular places , from the licence of the populace , the rashness of some Magis- trates ...
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... considered re- ligion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the migistrate , as any other part of the police . religion of that age was not merely allied to the state ; it was incorporated into it . Many of its ...
... considered re- ligion entirely as an affair of state , as much under the tuition of the migistrate , as any other part of the police . religion of that age was not merely allied to the state ; it was incorporated into it . Many of its ...
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... considered by the people as equally true , by the philosophers as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful : " and I would ask , from which of these three classes of men were the Christian mission- aries to look for ...
... considered by the people as equally true , by the philosophers as equally false , and by the magistrate as equally useful : " and I would ask , from which of these three classes of men were the Christian mission- aries to look for ...
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