History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, Том 1D. Appleton, 1866 |
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... truth of this statement can scarcely , I think , be questioned , though there are , undoubtedly , a few remarkable exceptions . Thus the Templars were accused of sorcery , when Philip the Beautiful wished to con- r separated by position ...
... truth of this statement can scarcely , I think , be questioned , though there are , undoubtedly , a few remarkable exceptions . Thus the Templars were accused of sorcery , when Philip the Beautiful wished to con- r separated by position ...
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... unable to demonstrate the first truth , and that very few of them could give sufficient reasons for the second . They may not them- 1 Wesley . selves be able to defend their position ; but they 34 RATIONALISM IN EUROPE .
... unable to demonstrate the first truth , and that very few of them could give sufficient reasons for the second . They may not them- 1 Wesley . selves be able to defend their position ; but they 34 RATIONALISM IN EUROPE .
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... truth is , that the existence of witchcraft was disbelieved be- fore the scriptural evidence of it was questioned . A disbe- lief in ghosts and witches was one of the most prominent characteristics of scepticism in the seventeenth ...
... truth is , that the existence of witchcraft was disbelieved be- fore the scriptural evidence of it was questioned . A disbe- lief in ghosts and witches was one of the most prominent characteristics of scepticism in the seventeenth ...
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... truth , exercising that influence over the reason , and occupying that prominence in the thoughts of men , which its importance would demand , the antecedent improbability of witchcraft would appear far less than if this doctrine was ...
... truth , exercising that influence over the reason , and occupying that prominence in the thoughts of men , which its importance would demand , the antecedent improbability of witchcraft would appear far less than if this doctrine was ...
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... truth , one of the most difficult that can be con- ceived ; and all the penalties that Roman barbarity could devise , were unable to destroy practices which were the natural consequence of the prevailing credulity . As long as men ...
... truth , one of the most difficult that can be con- ceived ; and all the penalties that Roman barbarity could devise , were unable to destroy practices which were the natural consequence of the prevailing credulity . As long as men ...
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Стр. 381 - The visible church which is also catholic or universal under the gospel, (not confined to one nation as before under the law,) consists of all those throughout the world, that profess the true religion, together with their children ; and is the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, the house and family of God, out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation.
Стр. 140 - It is true likewise, that the English in general, and indeed most of the men of learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives
Стр. 128 - That there were such creatures as witches he made no doubt at all ; for, first, the scriptures had affirmed so much. Secondly the wisdom of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime.
Стр. 133 - Atheism is begun in Sadducism, and those that dare not bluntly say there is no God, content themselves (for a fair step and introduction) to deny there are spirits or witches...
Стр. 134 - ... a disbelief that arose entirely from a strong sense of its antecedent improbability. All who were opposed to the orthodox faith united in discrediting witchcraft. They laughed at it, as palpably absurd, as involving the most grotesque and ludicrous conceptions, as so essentially incredible that it would be a waste of time to examine it. This spirit had arisen since the Restoration, although the laws were still in force, and although little or no direct reasoning had been brought to bear upon...
Стр. 151 - the divines of the Associated Presbytery' passed a resolution declaring their belief in witchcraft, and deploring the scepticism that was general...
Стр. 200 - ... stream of an almost boundless benevolence, and to include all the sections of humanity in the circle of an intense and efficacious sympathy ; if it be true Christianity to destroy or weaken the barriers which had separated class from class and nation from nation, to free war from its harshest elements, and to make a consciousness of essential equality and of a genuine fraternity dominate over all accidental differences ; if it be, above all, true Christianity to cultivate a...
Стр. 279 - The eastern part of it was called the court of the women; so called because women might advance thus far, but no farther. This court was square. It was entered by three gates ; one on the north, one on the east directly opposite to the Beautiful gate, and one on the...
Стр. 121 - Whether you know any that use charms, sorcery, enchantments, witchcraft, soothsaying, or any like craft invented by the devil.
Стр. 367 - Certainement rien ne nous heurte plus rudement que cette doctrine; et cependant, sans ce mystere, le plus incompre'hensible de tous, nous sommes incompreliensibles ä nous-memes.