The Pedigree of the DevilTrübner & Company, 1883 - 256 pages Traces the history and traditions of ideas related to demonology. |
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... principles of ancient Greece and Rome dressed in modern attire . A popular novelist is one of the most powerful instruments of the Devil . Myriads of the youth of both sexes in our land are spoiled , corrupted , and ruined for time and ...
... principles of ancient Greece and Rome dressed in modern attire . A popular novelist is one of the most powerful instruments of the Devil . Myriads of the youth of both sexes in our land are spoiled , corrupted , and ruined for time and ...
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... principle of evil , and to the organization of subordinate evil spirits , or demons . This change of views was not equally rapid along the whole line of thought ; but , the germs of new opinions having been implanted , they grew slowly ...
... principle of evil , and to the organization of subordinate evil spirits , or demons . This change of views was not equally rapid along the whole line of thought ; but , the germs of new opinions having been implanted , they grew slowly ...
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... principles and beliefs were sufficiently re- ceived and recognized by the Jews , to be passed on by them into the Christian creed , which proved a congenial soil : we find the Fathers fully persuaded of the power and number of the ...
... principles and beliefs were sufficiently re- ceived and recognized by the Jews , to be passed on by them into the Christian creed , which proved a congenial soil : we find the Fathers fully persuaded of the power and number of the ...
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... principles and beliefs were sufficiently re- ceived and recognized by the Jews , to be passed on by them into the Christian creed , which proved a congenial soil we find the Fathers fully persuaded of the power and number of the demons ...
... principles and beliefs were sufficiently re- ceived and recognized by the Jews , to be passed on by them into the Christian creed , which proved a congenial soil we find the Fathers fully persuaded of the power and number of the demons ...
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... principle , not the result of a desire to injure , but simply of the fulfilment of their natural vocation ; causing injury , it is true , but injury which was not the object aimed at , and which might at times be mixed with good .
... principle , not the result of a desire to injure , but simply of the fulfilment of their natural vocation ; causing injury , it is true , but injury which was not the object aimed at , and which might at times be mixed with good .
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amongst ancestors ancient angels Asmodeus Author became belief body Brahmans Buddhist Chaldean Chinese Christian cloth College colour creed Crown 8vo culture darkness dead death deities demons Demy 8vo Devil DICTIONARY dragon duergar dwarfs E. H. Palmer earth Egyptian English and Foreign Essay evil evolution existence F. W. Newman fairies Fcap fire Foreign Philosophical Library French German gods GRAMMAR Greek Hades heaven Hebrew Hell Hindu History human idea ideal Illustrations India influence J. G. Fichte Jehovah jinns John LANGUAGE LL.D London magic Max Müller modern monster mythology nature Notes nymphs origin Persian Ph.D PHILOSOPHY Plates Post 8vo primeval Professor Rabbinic race religion religious Rephaim Royal 8vo Sanskrit Satan satyr Second Edition serpent sewed Sheol Society souls spirits Tartaros Text Third Edition tion tradition Translated tribes Trübner's Oriental Series Turanian viii W. R. Greg worship wrapper
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