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Author: Robert Pool FinchPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Animadversions upon the present profanation of the Christian sabbath, a letter, by the minister of a city parish [R.P. Finch.].
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Author: Robert Pool FinchA Catalogue of the Books in the Finch Collection Oxford
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368806432
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Books in the Finch Collection, Oxford
Author: University of OxfordPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Animadversions upon ... Dr. Hutton's Pamphlet, entitled: “Unitarian Christianity vindicated.”
Author: Richard Winter HAMILTONPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Bibliotheca Britannica
Author: Robert WattBibliotheca Britannica; Or, A General Index to British and Foreign Literature
Author: Robert WattPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Bibliotheca Britannica: Subjects
Author: Robert WattPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Bibliotheca Britannica; Or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. in Two Parts: - Authors and Subjects
Author: Shadow of the Third Century
Author: Alvin Boyd KuhnPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789123445
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Shadow of the Third Century: A Revaluation of Christianity, first published in 1949, begins with the assertions that a true history of Christianity has never before been written and that the roots of the Christian religion lie in earlier religions and philosophies of the ancient world. The author, Alvin Boyd Kuhn, asserts that Christianity as we know it took the form it did due to a degeneration of knowledge rather than to an energization produced by a new release of light and truth into the world. In the ancient world, knowledge was commonly passed down by esoteric traditions, its inner meaning known only to the initiated. The Gospels, according to Kuhn, should therefore be understood as symbolic narratives rather than as history. Sacred scriptures are always written in a language of myth and symbol, and the Christian religion threw away and lost their true meaning when it mistranslated this language into alleged history instead of reading it as spiritual allegory. This literalism necessarily led to a religion antagonistic toward philosophy. Moreover, it produced a religion that failed to recognize its continuity with, and debt to, earlier esoteric schools. As evidence of this, Kuhn finds that many of the gospel stories and sayings have parallels in earlier works, in particular those of Egypt and Greece. The transformation of Jesus’ followers into Pauline Christians drew on these sources. Moreover, the misunderstanding of true Christianity led to the excesses of misguided asceticism. Overall, the book seeks to serve as a “clarion call to the modern world to return to the primitive Christianity which the founder of Christian theology, Augustine, proclaimed had been the true religion of all humanity.” With its many citations from earlier works, Shadow of the Third Century also serves as a bibliographic introduction to alternative histories of Christianity.