Christ and other masters, an historical inquiry into some of the chief parallelisms and contrasts between Christianity and the religious systems of the ancient world, Part 41859 |
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... offered a very probable explanation of the mistake of Herodotus in placing Osiris among the tertiary , instead of primary , gods of Egypt . ( Chronol . p . 253. ) Wilkinson had long before observed : If Osiris was not nomi- nally one of ...
... offered a very probable explanation of the mistake of Herodotus in placing Osiris among the tertiary , instead of primary , gods of Egypt . ( Chronol . p . 253. ) Wilkinson had long before observed : If Osiris was not nomi- nally one of ...
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... offered : gods in the firmament adore him with respect , divine chiefs with reverence , all with supplications . Those who rank among the venerable ones all recognise his high authority ; the whole earth gives glory to him , when his ...
... offered : gods in the firmament adore him with respect , divine chiefs with reverence , all with supplications . Those who rank among the venerable ones all recognise his high authority ; the whole earth gives glory to him , when his ...
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... offered to the pri- mitive heralds of the Gospel by the cold and haughty advocates of human inequality . The na- tural consequence had been that in no country were the masses kept in greater darkness or more intellectually degraded3 ...
... offered to the pri- mitive heralds of the Gospel by the cold and haughty advocates of human inequality . The na- tural consequence had been that in no country were the masses kept in greater darkness or more intellectually degraded3 ...
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... offered on Egyptian altars during the whole of the historic period . ' Without shedding of blood there is no remission . ' Here had culminated the idea of of the principal feasts ( II . 59 sq . ) ; but these were a small portion only of ...
... offered on Egyptian altars during the whole of the historic period . ' Without shedding of blood there is no remission . ' Here had culminated the idea of of the principal feasts ( II . 59 sq . ) ; but these were a small portion only of ...
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... offered on more critical occasions that ' if any calamity were about to befall either the sacrificer or the land of Egypt , it might all be concentrated on the victim's head ; ' which was accordingly not eaten by the worshipper but ...
... offered on more critical occasions that ' if any calamity were about to befall either the sacrificer or the land of Egypt , it might all be concentrated on the victim's head ; ' which was accordingly not eaten by the worshipper but ...
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Ahriman ancient ancient Egypt angels animal Aryan Avesta Azazel Bähr belief body Cabeiri CHAP chief Christ Christian Church civilisation cloth connexion copte Coptic creed Crown 8vo deity divinity doctrine Döllinger dualism dynasty early earth Edition Egyp Egypt emblems evil exalted existence father glory gods Greek heathen heaven Hebrew Hengstenberg Herodotus Hindú holy Horus human idea Isis Kenrick king language langues Lepsius Lond Lord Manetho Manichæan Medo-Persian ments Mithra Mithraism Mizraim monuments moral Moses mythology nations nature Neith Nile Old Egyptian original Ormazd Osburn Osiris Parsee passage period Persian Phoenicia Plutarch present priests primitive Ptah recognised reference reign religion religious remarkable rite ritual Rougé Satan Semitic soul Spiegel spirit sun-god symbol theology theory Thoth thought tian tion traces tribes truth Typhon Uhlemann Wilkinson words worship writers Yasna Zervan Zoroaster δὲ καὶ τὴν τὸν τῶν
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Page 130 - Take ye, therefore, good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto me in Horeb, out of the midst of the fire, lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 123 - But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
Page 209 - The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Page 129 - For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Page 61 - Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Page 15 - And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: and he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took away all : and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 109 - And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Page 132 - And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,' 13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good...
Page 143 - So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do ? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary ? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
Page 118 - And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.