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... religion , the meaning of which , as shown by its etymology and its universal acceptance , is to religate , or to bind anew , to the performance of duty , by offering an additional motive and guide ; and this meaning constitutes the ...
... religion , the meaning of which , as shown by its etymology and its universal acceptance , is to religate , or to bind anew , to the performance of duty , by offering an additional motive and guide ; and this meaning constitutes the ...
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Francis Bowen. name and garb of the faith which they dishonor . Religion is indeed an affair of the heart and the life ; but a belief in religion is an affair of the intellect . Impulses cannot take the place of convictions , nor can ...
Francis Bowen. name and garb of the faith which they dishonor . Religion is indeed an affair of the heart and the life ; but a belief in religion is an affair of the intellect . Impulses cannot take the place of convictions , nor can ...
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... religion from another , and not of the minor points of doctrine which divide sects and individuals ; I refer to Christianity as distinguished from Mohammedanism , or Judaism , or gross idolatry . - When we begin to study Natural Religion ...
... religion from another , and not of the minor points of doctrine which divide sects and individuals ; I refer to Christianity as distinguished from Mohammedanism , or Judaism , or gross idolatry . - When we begin to study Natural Religion ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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