 | 1803 - 430 pàgines
...and the fallacious triumph of the infidel, should cease as soon as they recollect not only by ivhfm, but likewise to whom, the Divine Revelation was 'given....which she contracted in a long residence upon earth, upon a weak and degenerate race of beings. . . Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what... | |
 | James Douglas (of Cavers.) - 1831 - 334 pàgines
...scandal of the pious Christian, and the fallacious triumph of the infidel should cease, as soon as ihey recollect not only by whom, but likewise to whom the...earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings." The above observation, though written with a sneer, is not the less true, and it overturns nine- tenths... | |
 | James Douglas (of Cavers.) - 1831 - 342 pàgines
...imposed on the historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption, which rfhe contracted in a long residence upon earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings." The above observation, though written with a sneer, is not the less true, and it overturns nine tenths... | |
 | James Douglas (of Cavers.) - 1841 - 336 pàgines
...them himself. " The scandal of the pious Christian, and the fallacious triumph of the infidel $hould cease, as soon as they recollect not only by whom,...earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings." The above observation, though written with a sneer, is not the less true, and it overturns nine-tenths... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1834 - 600 pàgines
...as she descended from heaven, arrayed in her native purity ; a more melancholy duty is imposed upon the historian : — he must discover the inevitable...earth among a weak and degenerate race of beings.' Divest this passage of the latent sarcasm betrayed by the subsequent tone of the whole disquisition,... | |
 | Joseph MEDE - 1845 - 350 pàgines
...its Divine beauty. Even infidels can observe and feel the contrast. Thus Gibbon remarks, — " Many indulge the pleasing task of describing religion as...corruption, which she contracted in a long residence on earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings." Now whenever the visible Church of all past... | |
 | Gustaf Clemens Hebbe - 1848 - 592 pàgines
...as she descended from heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed upon the historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture...residence upon earth, among a weak and degenerate race of men." Yes, the most sacred feelings in the human breast have been made subservient to the interests... | |
 | 1851 - 372 pàgines
...their colonies has been firmly established from Canada to Chili, in a world unknowu to the ancients. the faith which they professed. But the scandal of...Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the... | |
 | William Henry Ruffner - 1852 - 692 pàgines
...historian, which is to discover the inevitable mixture of corruption, which she contracted during her long residence upon earth, among a weak and degenerate race of beings." And then in his severe and scathing exhibition of the corruptions and superstitions of Christianity... | |
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The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed on the historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption which she... 
