Paganism And Christianity Compared: in a Course of Lectures to the King's ...
Paganism And Christianity Compared: in a Course of Lectures to the King's ...
John Ireland
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Civ. Dei^ lib. ti. c. 10. The whole chapter Is very curioas. It is impoi*tant too^ as it piioves the d^e. grading nature of idolatry. The practices of the Capitol, would not eleyate the character of the savages of New Zea- land. This treatise of Seneca is also alluded to by Tertul. lian, who draws some advantage to his argument from it : — Infrendite, inspumate, iidem estis qui Senecam aliquem plnribus et amarioribus de vestri superstltione perorantem proiMtis. Apol. c. 13. f Alias horas Jovi n...unciat, alius lictor est, alius unc- tor, qui Tado motu brachiorum imitatur ungentem. Civ. Dei, lib. vi. c. 10. This is preceded by the mention of another offiee : Alius numina Deo subjicit^ Was the 8u« periority of the Capitoline Jupiter proclaimed aloud at stated tim«3> that the other deities might observe a due 4listance in their pretensions ? Homer sometones makes o Digitized by VjOOQiC 194' MGAT^ISM AND her female attendants. Some stand at a reve- rential distance from her statue^ and skilfullj twist their fingers^ as if they were curling her haii-^ and had to perform the part of her dres* sing women.
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