The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians, derived, it is true, from the Jewish religion, but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit which, instead of inviting, had deterred the Gentiles from embracing... The Freethinker's Magazine and Review of Theology, Politics, and Literature - Side 181851Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Jonas Hartzel - 1854 - 330 sider
...that it was most effectually favored and assisted by the five following causes: "1. The inflexible, and if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal...had deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Mo^es. " 2. The doctrine of a future life, improved by eveiy additional circumstance which could give... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 sider
...it was most effectually favoured and assisted by the five following causes : — I. The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant...had deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses.b II. The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give... | |
| Robert Turnbull - 1854 - 560 sider
...is his enumeration of these : — " 1. The inflexible, and, if we may use the * Ad Scapulam, c. 6. expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians,...deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses. 2. The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight... | |
| Robert Turnbull - 1854 - 546 sider
...is his enumeration of these : — " 1. The inflexible, and, if we may use the * Ad Scapulam, c. 5* expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians,...deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses. 2. The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight... | |
| John Cumming - 1856 - 300 sider
...what he calls second causes, among which he mentions the "inflexible and intolerant zeal of the first Christians ; derived (it is true) from the Jewish...narrow and unsocial spirit, which instead of inviting the Gentiles had deterred them." But how was it intolerant ? Did they use the faggot? Gibbon dare not... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1856 - 750 sider
...that it was most effectually favored and assisted by the five following causes : I. The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant...zeal of the Christians, derived, it is true, from the Jewisk religion, but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit, which, instead of inviting, had... | |
| Islay Burns - 1862 - 344 sider
...that it. was most effectually favoured and assisted by the five following causes: 1. The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant...deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses. 2. The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight... | |
| Archibald Alexander Hodge - 1863 - 536 sider
...Christianity may be 11 L adequately accounted for by five secondary causes : 1. " The inflexible, or, if we may use the expression, the intolerant zeal of the Christians." 2. " The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight... | |
| Redford A. Watkinson - 1867 - 754 sider
...that it was most effectually favored and assisted by the five following causes : 1st. The inflexible, and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant...deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses. 2d. The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight... | |
| 1868 - 904 sider
...religion. 8. The Secondary Causes Enumerated by Him. — These are as follows : " 1. The inflexible and, if we may use the expression, the intolerant...deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses. 2. The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight... | |
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