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... worship the religious process is essentially im- perfect , this self - surrender cannot be independent of reason and yet reasonable . In order to be a legitimate act it must spring out of good affec- tions , and these affections must be ...
... worship the religious process is essentially im- perfect , this self - surrender cannot be independent of reason and yet reasonable . In order to be a legitimate act it must spring out of good affec- tions , and these affections must be ...
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... worship due to divine institution . This view was natural enough in the early ages of the Christian Church and in medieval times , when the New World was undiscovered and a very small part of either Asia or Africa was known . It was ...
... worship due to divine institution . This view was natural enough in the early ages of the Christian Church and in medieval times , when the New World was undiscovered and a very small part of either Asia or Africa was known . It was ...
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... worship of Him are very far from being universal even at the present day . If there be no other religion - if nothing short of that be religion -there are still vast continents and populous na- tions where General Idea of Religion . 31.
... worship of Him are very far from being universal even at the present day . If there be no other religion - if nothing short of that be religion -there are still vast continents and populous na- tions where General Idea of Religion . 31.
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... worship , and feelings and actions corresponding to that belief . It is always and everywhere a consciousness of relationship to a worshipped being . source . Is there any truth which can be affirmed to belong universally to this ...
... worship , and feelings and actions corresponding to that belief . It is always and everywhere a consciousness of relationship to a worshipped being . source . Is there any truth which can be affirmed to belong universally to this ...
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... worship , do so , they tell us , because pious feeling , even though based on knowledge , is only religiousness , not religion - the capacity of being religious , not actually being so ; and religion only exists as a reality , a ...
... worship , do so , they tell us , because pious feeling , even though based on knowledge , is only religiousness , not religion - the capacity of being religious , not actually being so ; and religion only exists as a reality , a ...
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