onThus for the Valentinians the number thirty in the New Testament, especially in the life of Jesus, was made to signify the number of their ?ons; the lost wandering sheep was for them their Achamoth; and even the utterances of Jesus, which contain a perfectly simple religious truth, received from t
sellersPlaced alongside the state-church theory of Rome, the doctrine of Christ%u2019s kingdom was noonday by the side of midnight sellersHe corrected false interpretations, and intensified its claims sellersThe usual mode of purification was dipping in water, or it was performed by aspersion seller
Women’sWater-Worship in India. Women’sThe definite and systematic manner in which the corrupting process was carried forward is clearly seen by the preparatory steps which opened the way for paganism to thrust the sun%u2019s day upon Christianity Women’sThus, by descending from the
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StormAnother deacon shall take the oil of thanksgiving and stand on the right hand of the presbyter. StormA similar custom is also found among ancient Greeks, where the seventh day after the birth of the child was celebrated with cleansing, gifts, sacrifices, banqueting, and other ceremonies StormAn
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isThe Pope and his priests come forth in their sacred vestments, with lights carried in front of them, which the Pope then blesses; there is a reading of lessons and a singing of psalms isThe same was the practice of the Greek Church; for Eusebius tells us with commendation how Paulinus, Bishop of T
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