Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul, Tr. from the Fr. of Boulanger [Or Rather from P.H.D. Von Holbach's Tr. of P. Annet.].

Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul, Tr. from the Fr. of Boulanger [Or Rather from P.H.D. Von Holbach's Tr. of P. Annet.].

Annet, Peter

Paperback

General World History

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 1235652017
ISBN13: 9781235652011
Publisher: General Books
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823. Excerpt: ... would easily be proved by comparing the almost constant principles of the church of Rome, with those of our Apostle, which we shall soon have occasion to examine. CHAP. IX. Reflections on the Life and Character of St. Paul. Such is in a few words the life of St. Paul whom we are justly entitled to regard as the principal founder of the Christian Religion. In fact it appears that without him, the ignorant and.rude disciples of Jesus, would never have been able to spread their sect. In order to succeed they required a man of greater information and activity, more enterprising and enthusiastic, and possessing more dexterity than any of those, who composed the apostolic college, before it was joined by Paul. In him we see all those qualities united, which made him of all others, the most fitted to lay the foundation of a new sect. He knew how to profit by the lessons he bad received from Gamaliel; from him he bad acquired a profound knowledge of the Jewish Scriptures, and learnt the art of explaining them in an allegorical sense, or, in other words, the Cabala by wh'ich we may find in these books whatever we desire. It can hardly be doubted that our Apostle, possessed much energy and ambition. We first see him persecuting the disciples of Jesus with ardour; and with the view of gaining his ends, and making court to the priests, stoop to the trade of informer and spy. Apparently he expected by these means to advance himself, but seeing the futility of these ambitious hopes, and probably despised and neglected even by those whom he had thus zealously served; he changes his batteries, threw himself upon the enemies side, and see ing the abilities of those whom he found at the head of the new sect, he felt how easily he could eclipse them, and con stitute himself...

2 different editions

Also available

Also in

General World History

View All