It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were... Littell's Living Age - Page 271850Full view - About this book
| Frederic Henry Hedge - 1860 - 530 pages
...Butler writes that " it is come to bo taken for granted, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is now, at length, discovered to be fictitious. Accordingly, they treat it as if in the present age this were an agreed point among all people of discernment,... | |
| Abel Stevens - 1860 - 402 pages
...come," he says, " to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is no longer a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were * Preface to An Humble Attempt toward... | |
| Alfred Ollivant - 1860 - 94 pages
...know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if in the present age this were an agreed point among all people... | |
| Friedrich Arndt - 1861 - 454 pages
...granted," as it was in the days of Butler, " by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious, and accordingly they treat it as if in the present age this were an agreed point among all people of... | |
| Charles Henry Davis (of Wadham College, Oxford.) - 1861 - 122 pages
...kuow not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now, at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people... | |
| John William Burgon - 1862 - 456 pages
...know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all persons... | |
| John Bickford Heard - 1862 - 196 pages
...know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people... | |
| Richard Sibbes - 1863 - 600 pages
...know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious, and, accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people... | |
| John William Burgon - 1862 - 478 pages
...know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all persons... | |
| Richard Sibbs - 1863 - 582 pages
...know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious, and, accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people... | |
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