Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... atheism . There are persons whom we have heard de- clare that the genteel way of the world consists in thus acting the bravo . This is that which they term throwing off the yoke , and which the greater part of them profess not so much ...
... atheism . There are persons whom we have heard de- clare that the genteel way of the world consists in thus acting the bravo . This is that which they term throwing off the yoke , and which the greater part of them profess not so much ...
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... atheism , which is directly opposite to it . Yet hence they would infer the falsehood of our religion ; because ... atheists , who know their own misery , but not the author of their deliverance . And as it is of equal necessity to man ...
... atheism , which is directly opposite to it . Yet hence they would infer the falsehood of our religion ; because ... atheists , who know their own misery , but not the author of their deliverance . And as it is of equal necessity to man ...
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... atheism or de- ism , two things which the Christian religion almost equally abhors . We ought therefore wholly to direct our inquiries to the knowledge of Jesus Christ , because it is by him alone that we can pretend to know God , in ...
... atheism or de- ism , two things which the Christian religion almost equally abhors . We ought therefore wholly to direct our inquiries to the knowledge of Jesus Christ , because it is by him alone that we can pretend to know God , in ...
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... atheist ought to fectly clear and evident . his senses , before he can and evident that the soul is mortal . I freely disown the necessity of diving into Copernicus's system : but I main- tain , that it concerns us more than our life is ...
... atheist ought to fectly clear and evident . his senses , before he can and evident that the soul is mortal . I freely disown the necessity of diving into Copernicus's system : but I main- tain , that it concerns us more than our life is ...
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