 | Robert Henry - Great Britain - 1788 - 458 pages
...the change; and in particular, he advifes him to allow the Chriftian converts, on certain feftivals, to kill and eat a great number of oxen to the glory...God, as they had formerly done to the honour of the devil15. Thefe admonitions, which were but too well obferved, introduced the grofleft corruptions into... | |
 | Robert Henry - Great Britain - 1789 - 570 pages
...the change 5 and in particular, he advifes him to allow the Chriftian converts, on certain feftivals, to kill and eat a great number of oxen to the glory...they had formerly done to the honour of the devil (15). Thefe admonitions, which were but too well obferved, introduced the groflefl corruptions into... | |
 | Robert Henry - Great Britain - 1800 - 486 pages
...the change ; and in particular, he advifes him to allow the Chriftian converts, on certain feftivals, to kill and eat a great number of oxen to the glory...God, as they had formerly done to the honour of the devil'5. Thefe admonitions, which were but too well obferved, introduced the groffeft corruptions into... | |
 | Robert Henry - Great Britain - 1805 - 470 pages
...change ; and in particular, he advifes him to allow the Chriftian converts, on certain feftivak, fo kill and eat a great number of oxen to the glory of...they had formerly done to the honour of the devil IS. Thefe admonitions, which were but too well obferved, introduced the grofleft corruptions into the... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1808 - 702 pages
...of the Christian worship as much as possible to those of the Heathen, that the people might not be much startled at the change; and, in particular, he...and eat a great number of oxen, to the glory of God, a* they had done formerly to the honour of the devil." " These admonitions (says Dr. Henry) which were... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 536 pages
...holy relics. He advised Augustine not to destroy the heathen temples, but only to remove the images of their gods, to wash the walls with holy water,...of pious zeal with worldly policy. The next great event of Augustine's life was his attempt to establish uniformity of discipline and customs in the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1812 - 538 pages
...holy relics. He advised Augustine not to destroy the heathen temples, but only to remove the images of their gods, to wash the walls with holy water,...great number of oxen, to the glory of God, as they had for-Tnerly done to the honour of the devil. It is quite unnecessary, in our times, to offer any remark... | |
 | William Richards - 1812 - 676 pages
...of the Christian worship as much as possible to those of the heathen, that the people might not be much startled at the change; and in particular he...converts, on certain festivals, to kill and eat a great num. her of oxen, to the glory of God, as they had done formerly to the honour of the devil." * These... | |
 | William Sandys - Carols - 1833 - 368 pages
...Heathen, that the people might not be much startled at the change ; and, in particular, he advised him to allow the Christian converts, on certain festivals,...they had formerly done to the honour of the devil.* In after times the clergy endeavoured to connect the remnants of Pagan idolatry with Christianity,... | |
 | 1833 - 540 pages
...churches themselves, but in sheds fashioned with green ' boughs close by them, to the glory, he fays, of God, as they ! had formerly done to the honour of the devil. A great deal . of ingenious speculation has been expended in the attempt ! to discover traces of the... | |
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... prevailed upon to frequent those places of worship to which they had been accustomed. He directs him further, to accommodate the ceremonies of the Christian worship, as much as possible, to those of the heathen, that the people might not be too much... 
