An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, Volume 1Desilver Jr. & Thomas, 1833 - Bible |
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... philosophers , particularly So- crates and Plato , confessed that they stood in need of such a revela- tion to instruct them in matters which were of the utmost conse- quence . With regard to the state of morals , they acknowledged that ...
... philosophers , particularly So- crates and Plato , confessed that they stood in need of such a revela- tion to instruct them in matters which were of the utmost conse- quence . With regard to the state of morals , they acknowledged that ...
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... philosophers , we shall find that they were not only ignorant of many important points in religion which revelation has discovered to us , but also that endless differences and inconsistences prevailed among them in points of the ...
... philosophers , we shall find that they were not only ignorant of many important points in religion which revelation has discovered to us , but also that endless differences and inconsistences prevailed among them in points of the ...
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... philosophers , which apparently indicate the most exalted conceptions of the divine attributes and perfections . These and similar passages are sometimes regarded with a Christian eye , and thence acquire a borrowed sanctity : but , in ...
... philosophers , which apparently indicate the most exalted conceptions of the divine attributes and perfections . These and similar passages are sometimes regarded with a Christian eye , and thence acquire a borrowed sanctity : but , in ...
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... philosophers , were ashamed of the heathen deities , and believed that there is but one God . - -- 1 The chief oracles among the heathens appointed human sacrifices ; as that at Delphi , that of Dodona , and that of Jupiter Saotes . It ...
... philosophers , were ashamed of the heathen deities , and believed that there is but one God . - -- 1 The chief oracles among the heathens appointed human sacrifices ; as that at Delphi , that of Dodona , and that of Jupiter Saotes . It ...
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... philosophers disapprove of the mys- teries ? -Alcibiades mocked the gods - Anaxagoras was expelled by the Athenians for the neglect of them . Socrates certainly had no good opinion of the mysteries-- he was not initiated into them ; and ...
... philosophers disapprove of the mys- teries ? -Alcibiades mocked the gods - Anaxagoras was expelled by the Athenians for the neglect of them . Socrates certainly had no good opinion of the mysteries-- he was not initiated into them ; and ...
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An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures ... Thomas Hartwell Horne No preview available - 2015 |
An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures ... Thomas Hartwell Horne No preview available - 2015 |
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