English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature, Volume 3Cassell, limited, 1888 |
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... Christianity . Rise of a New Literature of Reflection ... Healthy Conflict of Opinion Lives of Saints The Church and the World PAGE 79 , 80 80 81 , 82 82 83 83 83 83-86 86-87 87 , 88 88 , 89 89--91 91 , 92 Revival of a Literature of ...
... Christianity . Rise of a New Literature of Reflection ... Healthy Conflict of Opinion Lives of Saints The Church and the World PAGE 79 , 80 80 81 , 82 82 83 83 83 83-86 86-87 87 , 88 88 , 89 89--91 91 , 92 Revival of a Literature of ...
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... Christ for worthy partakers . Christ , he taught , does not descend to be divided into portions by the hands of priests , but the hearts of the true believers rise to heaven and partake spiritually of His imperishable body . Berengarius ...
... Christ for worthy partakers . Christ , he taught , does not descend to be divided into portions by the hands of priests , but the hearts of the true believers rise to heaven and partake spiritually of His imperishable body . Berengarius ...
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... Christian , was at once too simple and too deep for a fancy that played with most pleasure over artificial subtleties . The definitions and distinctions of Aristotle gave an employ- ment it enjoyed to the Arabic mind . Avicenna , the ...
... Christian , was at once too simple and too deep for a fancy that played with most pleasure over artificial subtleties . The definitions and distinctions of Aristotle gave an employ- ment it enjoyed to the Arabic mind . Avicenna , the ...
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... Christian clergy dramatised , or turned into pantomime and represented in their own churches , incidents of sacred writ , applied dances and choruses to honour of the saints , and supplied metrical legends of saints as wonderful as any ...
... Christian clergy dramatised , or turned into pantomime and represented in their own churches , incidents of sacred writ , applied dances and choruses to honour of the saints , and supplied metrical legends of saints as wonderful as any ...
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... Christianity and massacre . As men approached the year 1000 the belief spread , especially in Latin Europe , that with that year the world would end . There were political distractions and convulsions preparing the way , as we now know ...
... Christianity and massacre . As men approached the year 1000 the belief spread , especially in Latin Europe , that with that year the world would end . There were political distractions and convulsions preparing the way , as we now know ...
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