The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life |
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Adam Æsir Ahriman ancient angels Animae apostles authority Avesta believe blessed blood body Brahmanic Buddhist Christ Christian Church conception consciousness darkness dead death declares descend destiny devil Divine doctrine dogma doom earth epistle eternal evil existence experience fact faith fancy fate Father fire flesh forever future Gehenna glory grave Hades hath heart heaven Hebrew hell Hindu human Ibid idea imagination Immortalitate immortality infinite Irenæus Jehovah Jesus Jewish Jews judgment l'âme light literal live London Manichæan material meaning ment Messiah metempsychosis mind moral Mysteries nations nature Nirwána original Paradise passage Paul Persian Pharisees Philo philosophical Plato present punishment purgatory race rationalis realm reason religion resurrection revelation salvation says Scriptures sect Seele Sheol sins soul spirit supposed Tertullian Testament theology theory things thou thought tion true truth under-world universe Unsterblichkeit unto Vishnu Purana whole wicked words Zoroaster Zoroastrian
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Page 158 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 289 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better ; nevertheless to abide, in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 260 - And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 156 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away- their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 285 - In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation : in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Page 276 - Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is to bring Christ down from above ;) Or, who shall descend into the deep ? (that is to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 342 - I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Page 330 - What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops. And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Page 263 - And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies beheld them.
Page 274 - Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.