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... true religion ? . 180 • 197 . 213 229 The Gospel of Christ . The Gospel about Christ . The Christian life and Christian creeds . Who is the true Christian ? SUMMARY OF PART II . What function does religion have in the life of man ? PART ...
... true religion ? . 180 • 197 . 213 229 The Gospel of Christ . The Gospel about Christ . The Christian life and Christian creeds . Who is the true Christian ? SUMMARY OF PART II . What function does religion have in the life of man ? PART ...
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... true and worthy our allegiance - de- mands our efforts . And to accomplish a just and adequate reconstruction we need first to go through the purgatorial fires of criticism . Religion must be solidly based on fact ; unless it is willing ...
... true and worthy our allegiance - de- mands our efforts . And to accomplish a just and adequate reconstruction we need first to go through the purgatorial fires of criticism . Religion must be solidly based on fact ; unless it is willing ...
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... true . They also were affirmations of the conscience , correcting the evil customs of their times . " ( " Character , " in Lectures and Biographies . ) Cf. also , on the study of ancient religions , American Journal of Philology . vol ...
... true . They also were affirmations of the conscience , correcting the evil customs of their times . " ( " Character , " in Lectures and Biographies . ) Cf. also , on the study of ancient religions , American Journal of Philology . vol ...
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... true that " the less seriously the gods are taken , the more luxuriantly does mythology flourish " ; it was frowned upon by the pious , and must not be taken as an adequate expression of the religion that existed by its side . Yet the ...
... true that " the less seriously the gods are taken , the more luxuriantly does mythology flourish " ; it was frowned upon by the pious , and must not be taken as an adequate expression of the religion that existed by its side . Yet the ...
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... true , however , that some of them survive in altered form in Christianity . 2 Encyclopædia Britannica , arts . Mystery , Orpheus , Mithras . F. Cumont , The Mysteries of Mithra , Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism . Harrison , chaps ...
... true , however , that some of them survive in altered form in Christianity . 2 Encyclopædia Britannica , arts . Mystery , Orpheus , Mithras . F. Cumont , The Mysteries of Mithra , Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism . Harrison , chaps ...
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Page 332 - But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen : and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Page 157 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 384 - I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Page 384 - Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Page 56 - Through thee will we push down our enemies : through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Page 272 - If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb : and the smoke of their torment, ascendeth up for ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth...
Page 385 - As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up ; so man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 141 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 60 - And as long as the world lasts, all who want to make progress in righteousness will come to Israel for inspiration, as to the people who have had the sense for righteousness most glowing and strongest...
Page 94 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape.