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" Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory as a part of true religion, nor was it supposed that, by believing, a man acquired religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods. What was obligatory or meritorious was the exact performance... "
An Introduction to the History of Religion - Side 234
af Frank Byron Jevons - 1902 - 443 sider
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An Introduction to the History of Religion

Frank Byron Jevons - 1896 - 460 sider
...such a way that sacrifice tended to appear as a bargain in which the latter had so much the better that he got everything and practically gave nothing....the favour of the gods."1 It is also true that there ia a conspicuous absence of religious feeling from most myths. Still it is impossible for us to exclude...
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An Introduction to the History of Religion

Frank Byron Jevons - 1902 - 514 sider
...such a way that sacrifice tended to appear as a bargain in which the latter had so much the better that he got everything and practically gave nothing....impossible for us to exclude the consideration of mythology.8 Myths are not like psalms or hymns, lyrical expressions of religious emotion ; they are...
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The Makers of Hellas: A Critical Inquiry Into the Philosophy and Religion of ...

E. E. G. - 1903 - 752 sider
...the community in which they were current, as compliance with the ritual of the State was enforced. " Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory...religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods " (Robertson Smith, The Religion of the Semites, p. 17). On the other hand, compliance with ritual...
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The Philosophy of Religion: A Critical and Speculative Treatise of ..., Bind 1

George Trumbull Ladd - 1905 - 652 sider
...and were propagated largely in the form of myth. And when the same authority proceeds to declare : " Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory...religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods ; " the entire relation of faith and dogma in the religious development of humanity is i The Religion...
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Comparative Religion: Its Genesis and Growth

Louis Henry Jordan - 1905 - 704 sider
...ancient religion ; for it had no sacred sanction, and no binding force upon the worshippers. . . . Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory...religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods. What was obligatory or meritorious was the exact performance of certain sacred acts prescribed...
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Comparative Religion: Its Genesis and Growth

Louis Henry Jordan - 1905 - 702 sider
...of ancient religion; for it had no sacred sanction, and no binding force upon the worshippers. . . . Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory...part of true religion, nor was it supposed that by bclwving a man acquired religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods. What was obligatory...
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Lectures on the Religion of the Semites: First Series. The Fundamental ...

William Robertson Smith - 1907 - 528 sider
...provided that he fulfilled the ritual with accuracy, no one cared what he believed about its origin. Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory...religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods. What was obligatory or meritorious was the exact performance of certain sacred acts prescribed...
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Folklore as an Historical Science

George Laurence Gomme - 1908 - 460 sider
...part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers. . . . Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory...religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods. What was obligatory or meritorious was the exact performance of certain sacred acts prescribed...
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A History of Creeds and Confessions of Faith in Christendom and Beyond: With ...

William Alexander Curtis - 1911 - 534 sider
...they consisted entirely of institutions and practices. . . . Mythology takes the place of dogma. . . . Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory...religious merit and conciliated the favour of .the gods. What was obligatory or meritorious was the exact performance of certain sacred acts prescribed...
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A History of Creeds and Confessions of Faith in Christendom and Beyond: With ...

William Alexander Curtis - 1911 - 534 sider
...entirely of institutions and practices. . . . Mythology takes the place of dogma. . . . Belief in & certain series of myths was neither obligatory as...religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods. What was obligatory or meritorious was the exact performance of certain sacred acts prescribed...
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