An Essay on the Development of Christian DoctrinePaper reprint from the 1988 imprint with a new foreword by Ian Ker. This classic text considers the growth and development of doctrine in the Catholic Church from the time of the Apostles to Newman's own era. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... rites of Bacchus , an image was laid on a bier at mid- night , which was bewailed in metrical hymns ; the god was supposed to die , and then to revive . Nor was this the only worship which was continued through the night ; while some of ...
... rites of Bacchus , an image was laid on a bier at mid- night , which was bewailed in metrical hymns ; the god was supposed to die , and then to revive . Nor was this the only worship which was continued through the night ; while some of ...
Page 248
... rites of Isis , and consulted the Mathematici . Vespasian , who also con- sulted them , is heard of in Egypt as performing miracles at the suggestion of Serapis . Tiberius , in an edict , classes together ' Egyptian and Jewish rites ...
... rites of Isis , and consulted the Mathematici . Vespasian , who also con- sulted them , is heard of in Egypt as performing miracles at the suggestion of Serapis . Tiberius , in an edict , classes together ' Egyptian and Jewish rites ...
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... rites , though statesmen and emperors , as private men , had long taken part in them . The Emperor Marcus had been urged by his fears of the Marcomanni to resort to these foreign intro- ductions , and is said to have employed Magi and ...
... rites , though statesmen and emperors , as private men , had long taken part in them . The Emperor Marcus had been urged by his fears of the Marcomanni to resort to these foreign intro- ductions , and is said to have employed Magi and ...
Contents
Editors Introduction | 7 |
Acknowledgements | 53 |
An Essay on the Development | 69 |
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