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... called a new Millennium, a period of a thousand years. This notion was originally derived from the biblical book of Revelation 20, 1–5, which declared that the devil would be bound and the saints reign with Christ for a thousand years ...
... called a church, all those who adhere to them. Emile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1915) 28 If religion is essentially of the inner life, it follows that it can be truly grasped only from within. But beyond a ...
... called monotheism, whereas the term of henotheism would best express the faith in a single god. Max Müller, Semitic Monotheism (1860) 12 If Christianity claims to be a monotheism, it becomes unavoidable to assume the opposites as being ...
... called 'primitive' nor those classed as polytheistic are ignorant of the idea of a God who is the Creator, omniscient and all-powerful. Mircea Eliade, Myths, Dreams and Mysteries (1960) 7 DUALISM—TWIN GODS MONOTHEISM 5 11.
... called 'Zervanite' because Zurv n is the Pahlav name for the Genius of Time. R.C.Zaehner, The Teachings of the Magi (1956) 4 In affirming that evil had an independent existence and is co-eternal with God, the Manicheans provided a ready ...
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II THE SUPERNATURAL | 37 |
III THE NATURE OF GOD | 51 |
IV THE UNIVERSE | 76 |
V HUMANITY | 89 |
VI THE SACRED | 97 |
VII SACRED PERSONS | 105 |
XI SPIRITUAL EXERCISES | 151 |
XII RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY | 164 |
XIII RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY | 189 |
XIV VIRTUE AND THE GOOD | 205 |
XV MORALITY | 225 |
XVI MEN AND WOMEN | 246 |
XVII SOCIETY | 263 |
XVIII LAST THINGS | 291 |
VIII SACRED WORDS | 120 |
IX SACRED ACTIONS | 128 |
X SPIRITUALITY | 136 |
TEXT AND AUTHOR INDEX | 318 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 330 |
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