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... kind · Extreme theological animosity • PAGE 122 122 123 123 124 131 • 135 137 Decline of the Civic Virtues History of the relations of Christianity to patriotism Influence of the former in hastening the fall of the Empire Permanent ...
... kind · Extreme theological animosity • PAGE 122 122 123 123 124 131 • 135 137 Decline of the Civic Virtues History of the relations of Christianity to patriotism Influence of the former in hastening the fall of the Empire Permanent ...
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... power it possessed , it laboured systematically and perseveringly for the regeneration of man- kind . Under its influence , doctrines concerning the nature of God , the immortality of the soul , and 2 HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MORALS .
... power it possessed , it laboured systematically and perseveringly for the regeneration of man- kind . Under its influence , doctrines concerning the nature of God , the immortality of the soul , and 2 HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MORALS .
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... kind . addition to the doctrines of eternal suffering , and the lost condition of the human race , the notion of a minute personal retribution must be regarded as profoundly original . That the commission of great crimes , or the ...
... kind . addition to the doctrines of eternal suffering , and the lost condition of the human race , the notion of a minute personal retribution must be regarded as profoundly original . That the commission of great crimes , or the ...
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... kind , but of a far more vivid and real character , was the belief of the early Christian world . The universe , to them , was transfigured by love . All its phenomena , all its catastrophes , were read in a new light , were endued with ...
... kind , but of a far more vivid and real character , was the belief of the early Christian world . The universe , to them , was transfigured by love . All its phenomena , all its catastrophes , were read in a new light , were endued with ...
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... kind as that which led the Quakers to refuse to speak of Tuesday or Wed- nesday , lest they should recognise the gods Tuesco or Woden . On the other hand , the ecclesiastical as- pects and the sacramental doctrines of the Church were ...
... kind as that which led the Quakers to refuse to speak of Tuesday or Wed- nesday , lest they should recognise the gods Tuesco or Woden . On the other hand , the ecclesiastical as- pects and the sacramental doctrines of the Church were ...
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