The Progress of Religious Ideas, Through Successive Ages, Volumen 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 95
Página viii
... never to exaggerate merits , or conceal defects . I have not declared that any system was true , or that any one was false . I have even avoided the use of the word heathen ; for though harmless in its original signification , it is ...
... never to exaggerate merits , or conceal defects . I have not declared that any system was true , or that any one was false . I have even avoided the use of the word heathen ; for though harmless in its original signification , it is ...
Página ix
... never eventually prove injurious , on any subject . Milton has expressed this conviction with rare eloquence : " Though all the winds of doctrine be let loose to play upon the earth , so Truth be in the field , we do injuriously to ...
... never eventually prove injurious , on any subject . Milton has expressed this conviction with rare eloquence : " Though all the winds of doctrine be let loose to play upon the earth , so Truth be in the field , we do injuriously to ...
Página x
... never misquoted , or misrepresented . I am not aware that any one , who truly reverenced the spirit of Christianity , has ever before tried the experiment of placing it pre- cisely on a level with other religions , so far as the manner ...
... never misquoted , or misrepresented . I am not aware that any one , who truly reverenced the spirit of Christianity , has ever before tried the experiment of placing it pre- cisely on a level with other religions , so far as the manner ...
Página 10
... never uttered by a pious Hindoo . None of their traditions represent him as incarnated in any form ; because they believe him to be entirely above human comprehension , and altogether in- capable of the slightest change in his existence ...
... never uttered by a pious Hindoo . None of their traditions represent him as incarnated in any form ; because they believe him to be entirely above human comprehension , and altogether in- capable of the slightest change in his existence ...
Página 12
... never described as assuming the form of any of the inferior orders of beings , or as living upon the earth in a visible body . His name is held in exceeding reverence , and none but the Brahmins utter it . They make daily invocations to ...
... never described as assuming the form of any of the inferior orders of beings , or as living upon the earth in a visible body . His name is held in exceeding reverence , and none but the Brahmins utter it . They make daily invocations to ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Progress of Religious Ideas, Through Successive Ages, Volumen 1 Lydia Maria Child Vista completa - 1855 |
Términos y frases comunes
altar Amun ancient animals beautiful believed body Bouddha Brahma Bramins burning called carried caste Christian colossal consecrated Crishna custom death deemed deities devoted divine doctrines earth Egypt Egyptian emblem ephod Evil Spirits father festival fire goddess gods gold Grecian Greeks groves hands heaven Hebrew Heliopolis Herodotus Hesiod hieroglyphics High Priest Hindoo Hindostan holy honour human hundred idea immortal incarnation India Indra Israel Josephus Jupiter king Lamas Lamaseries laws learned light lived Lord Meroë mind Mithras moon mortal Moses Mysteries nations nature offered oracle Ormuzd Osiris Paradise performed places Plato prayers priesthood priests prophets punishment purified religion religious ceremonies represented reverence Sacred Books sacrifices saints says sculptures sects serpent signifying sins Siva solemn sometimes soul stars statues stone supposed Supreme temple Thebes thee things Thoth thou thousand tion universe unto various Vedas Vishnu women worship Zoroaster
Pasajes populares
Página 402 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Página ix - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Página 400 - And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Página 419 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Página 438 - 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.
Página ix - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Página 401 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Página 407 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Página 406 - The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart...
Página 440 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.