The Genius of Christianity, Or, The Spirit and Beauty of the Christian ReligionJ. Murphy, 1856 - 763 pages |
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... CHAPTER II . OF THE NATURE OF MYSTERIES . THERE is nothing beautiful , pleasing , or grand in life , but that which is more or less mysterious . The most wonderful sen- timents are those which produce impressions difficult to be ...
... CHAPTER II . OF THE NATURE OF MYSTERIES . THERE is nothing beautiful , pleasing , or grand in life , but that which is more or less mysterious . The most wonderful sen- timents are those which produce impressions difficult to be ...
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... and to Reason , which never dried a tear . 1 The author alludes to the disastrous tyranny exercised by Robespierre over the deluded French people . K. CHAPTER V. OF THE INCARNATION . THE Incarnation exhibits to * 9 E REDEMPTION . 65.
... and to Reason , which never dried a tear . 1 The author alludes to the disastrous tyranny exercised by Robespierre over the deluded French people . K. CHAPTER V. OF THE INCARNATION . THE Incarnation exhibits to * 9 E REDEMPTION . 65.
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... CHAPTER IX . THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED- HOLY ORDERS . MOST of the sages of antiquity led a life of celibacy ; and the Gymnosophists , the Brahmins , and the Druids , held chastity in the highest honor . Even among savage tribes it is ...
... CHAPTER IX . THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED- HOLY ORDERS . MOST of the sages of antiquity led a life of celibacy ; and the Gymnosophists , the Brahmins , and the Druids , held chastity in the highest honor . Even among savage tribes it is ...
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... CHAPTER X. SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED - MATRIMONY . EUROPE owes also to Christianity the few good laws which it possesses . There is not , perhaps , a single contingency in civil affairs for which provision has not been made by the canon ...
... CHAPTER X. SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED - MATRIMONY . EUROPE owes also to Christianity the few good laws which it possesses . There is not , perhaps , a single contingency in civil affairs for which provision has not been made by the canon ...
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... CHAPTER XI . EXTREME UNCTION . BUT it is in sight of that tomb , silent vestibule of another world , that Christianity displays all its sublimity . If most of the ancient religions consecrated the ashes of the dead , none ever thought ...
... CHAPTER XI . EXTREME UNCTION . BUT it is in sight of that tomb , silent vestibule of another world , that Christianity displays all its sublimity . If most of the ancient religions consecrated the ashes of the dead , none ever thought ...
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