A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts ..., Volume 1R. Faulder, 1796 - 416 pages |
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... established , and adorned it ; let them cease to accuse our faith of rufticity , and confefs their mistake * . " Of these wri- ters , several , as Justin , Irenĉus , Clement of Alexandria , Tertullian , Origen , Bardesanes , * Jer ...
... established , and adorned it ; let them cease to accuse our faith of rufticity , and confefs their mistake * . " Of these wri- ters , several , as Justin , Irenĉus , Clement of Alexandria , Tertullian , Origen , Bardesanes , * Jer ...
Page 254
... established worship ; and are , of consequence , devoted to its service , and attached to its in- terest . In both , the prevailing mythology was destitute of any proper evidence ; or ra- ther , in both , the origin of the tradition is ...
... established worship ; and are , of consequence , devoted to its service , and attached to its in- terest . In both , the prevailing mythology was destitute of any proper evidence ; or ra- ther , in both , the origin of the tradition is ...
Page 255
... established superstition held the same place in the public opinion ; that is to say , in both it was credited by the bulk of the people † , but by the learned and philofophic philofophic part of the community , either derided , or.
... established superstition held the same place in the public opinion ; that is to say , in both it was credited by the bulk of the people † , but by the learned and philofophic philofophic part of the community , either derided , or.
Page 256
... established theory , and contemn the rites that were founded upon them , or ra- ther consider them as contrivances to be supported for their political uses , see Dr. Robertson's Ind . Dif . P.324-334- generally ! generally than the ...
... established theory , and contemn the rites that were founded upon them , or ra- ther consider them as contrivances to be supported for their political uses , see Dr. Robertson's Ind . Dif . P.324-334- generally ! generally than the ...
Page 257
... established religion of their country has no tendency to dispose men for the recep- tion of another ; but that , on the contrary , it generates a fettled contempt of all religious pretenfions whatever . General infidelity is the hardest ...
... established religion of their country has no tendency to dispose men for the recep- tion of another ; but that , on the contrary , it generates a fettled contempt of all religious pretenfions whatever . General infidelity is the hardest ...
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