PointsWiseman%u2019s testimony is of great value, since, as a defender of Romanism, he also defends the policy which corrupted early Christianity in the West, by conforming it to the popular paganism in order to secure a nominal conversion of the pagans. PointsI have dealt mainly with facts, giving
silver!Describing the nature of the mystic formul? which the Gnostics used, King says: silver!For supplementary proof of the lustration and naming of infants among the Greeks and the Romans, consult Smith%u2019s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, pp silver!When the day arrives all are on the
ObservedAs the history of Christianity progressed, its enlarging spirit brought about a conflict with the narrower phases of Judaism, and hence more or less antagonism towards certain Judaistic interpretations of the Old Testament. ObservedI have dealt mainly with facts, giving but brief space to %u
DiamondsSpeaking of the results of this tendency, and of the composite character of the religious cultus at Alexandria, in the time of Hadrian (117-138 A.D.), Canon Farrar says: DiamondsThese little Egyptian temples had their assiduous worshippers, among whom were many of the same class as the frien
CollectionThis they did out of a conceit that thereby they were purified from their sins; and withal signifying that nothing impure ought to approach the deities CollectionAnd the boys that sprinkle are those that have proclaimed to us the remission of sins and purification of heart Collection%u2018
Australia!Christ taught the infinite worth of man as an individual Australia!In the Oriental religions all external phenomena expressed a hidden meaning. Applying this doctrine to the Scriptures, the Jewish Gnostics taught that a hidden meaning was to be found in all laws, ceremonies, and rituals Au
test!Joseph, likewise, was a type of Christ, not, indeed, on this ground (that I may not delay my course) that he suffered persecution for the cause of God from his brethren, as Christ did from his brethren after the flesh, the Jews; but when he is blessed by his father in these words, %u2018His glo
resource%u201CI will abridge the account which is given of the practice at Rome so late as the ninth century resourceIf Christ were not a %u201CChristian,%u201D but a %u201CJew,%u201D what becomes of the system which He taught? If His first followers, who perilled all for Him and sealed their faith
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