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... Christian exorcist is to witchcraft . In Catholic demonology , possession by any evil spirit became limited to possession by a Christian devil . As a Christian devil , he admitted the superior power of the Chris- tian God and therefore ...
... Christian exorcist is to witchcraft . In Catholic demonology , possession by any evil spirit became limited to possession by a Christian devil . As a Christian devil , he admitted the superior power of the Chris- tian God and therefore ...
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... Christian . Christian Thom- asius ( 1655-1728 ) first attracted notoriety by his advocacy of mixed marriages . The son of a professor at Leipzig , he studied law ; he delivered his first lectures at Leip- zig in German rather than in ...
... Christian . Christian Thom- asius ( 1655-1728 ) first attracted notoriety by his advocacy of mixed marriages . The son of a professor at Leipzig , he studied law ; he delivered his first lectures at Leip- zig in German rather than in ...
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... Christian God and must consequently be stopped by the Christian Church before he spread these wrong ideas further . As early as A.D. 382 , the Christian Church decreed that anyone convicted of opposition , i.e. , heresy , was to be ...
... Christian God and must consequently be stopped by the Christian Church before he spread these wrong ideas further . As early as A.D. 382 , the Christian Church decreed that anyone convicted of opposition , i.e. , heresy , was to be ...
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