 The former, selected from the more opulent and distinguished ranks of society, were strictly attached to the literal sense of the Mosaic law, and they piously rejected the immortality of the soul as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine...  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 47edited by - 1777Full view - About this book
 | Bibliography - 1776 - 586 pages
...the Mofaic law, and they pioufly rejected the immortality of the foul, as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine book, which they revered...faith. To the authority of fcripture the Pharifees r.Jded that of tradition, and they accepted, under thejiame of traditions, feveral fpeculative tenets... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1783 - 524 pages
...the Mofaic law, and they pioufly rejected the immortality of the foul, as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine book, which they revered...fpeculative tenets from the philofophy or religion of the eaftern nations. The dbftrines of fate or predeftination, of angels and fpirits, and of a future ftate... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1787 - 502 pages
...Mofaic law , and they piously rejected the immortality of the foul , as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine book , which they revered...the only rule of their faith. To the authority of icripture the Pharifees added that of tradition , and they accepted , under the name of traditions... | |
 | John Landseer - Painting - 1834 - 534 pages
...the Mosaic law, and they piously rejected the immortality of the soul, as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine book which they revered...the only rule of their faith. To the authority of scripture, the Pharisees added that of tradition, and they accepted, under the name of traditions,... | |
 | 1851 - 372 pages
...the Mosaic law, and they piously rejected the immortality of the soul, as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine book, which they revered...the only rule of their faith. To the authority of scripture the Pharisees added that of tradition, and they accepted, under the name of traditions, several... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 pages
...the Mosaic law, and they piously rejected the immortality of the soul, as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine book, which they revered...the only rule of their faith. To the authority of Scripture the Pharisees added that of tradition, and they accepted, under the name of traditions, several... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...the Mosaic law, and they piously rejected the immortality of the soul as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine book which they revered...the only rule of their faith. To the authority of Scripture the Pharisees added • that of tradition, and they accepted, under the name of traditions,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1901 - 602 pages
...the Mosaic law, and they piously rejected the immortality of the soul, as an opinion that received no countenance from the Divine book, which they revered...the only rule of their faith. To the authority of scripture the Pharisees added that of tradition, and they accepted, under the name of traditions, several... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Church history - 1916 - 1006 pages
...the Mosaic law, and they piously rejected the immortality of the soul, as an opinion that received no countenance from the divine book, which they revered...the only rule of their faith. To the authority of Scripture the Pharisees added that of tradition, and they accepted, under the name of traditions, several... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - History - 1998 - 1094 pages
...the Mosaic law, and they piously rejected the immortality of the soul, as an opinion that received no countenance from the Divine book, which they revered...the only rule of their faith. To the authority of scripture the Pharisees added that of tradition, and they accepted, under the name of traditions, several... | |
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