352 p.; 12 pl.; 19 cm. [First edition 1859] (Flake 7563, for 1867 printing) [title continues] of the religious denominations in the world. With biographical notices of eminent divines. -- Plates (* toned): Luther. Cecil Calvert*, Luther preaching*, Philadelphia churches (First Baptist*, Seventh Presbyterian*), Swedenborg's house*, William Penn*, Abraham offering Isaac, Christ reasoning with the doctors, William White*, Moses Maimonides, Mahomet teaching* -- `Notwithstanding the general abhorrence and contempt with which the Mormons are regarded by all other religious sects, they adhere pertinaciously to their claim to be the true church. But the most remarkable feature of the Mormon creed is their "spiritual wife" doctrine. This theory is based on the idea that the future kingdom of the saints is to consist solely of their own posterity, and hence the more children a "saint" has, the more hears of glory are created; and that women may become heirs of heaven also, by becoming "sealed" to a saint,and entering paradise with him.' (p. 98-104) -- `What, then, are Mr. [Charles] Wadsworth's defects? We answer, a monotonous and tiresome tone of voice; a mumbling of his words, by which he fails to expel their articulation beyond his teeth-- a peculiarity which frequently deprives his original and expressive nomenclature of half its effect. The affluence of his ideas leads him to despise all the established rules.But he seizes three or four of the chief thoughts contained in, or suggested by, the text, and expounds and illlus- trates them after his own fashion, in utter indifference to all that Porter or Gresley may have enjoined in their manuals on Homiletics.' (p. 336 f.) VG orig. embossed brown cloth. Several plates toned, text vg.

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Title: History of all religions; containing a statement of the origin, development, doctrines, forms of worship and government
Publisher: Philadelphia: 1870., Quaker City Publ. House,
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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Our business, established in Chicago in 1924 and relocated in Naperville Illinois, was moved to the Florida Panhandle in 1980. Our main warehouse, with a mile of double shelving and open by appointment, includes stock for sale --around 20% so far on line -- together with special collections in Anglicanism (with special strength in the Oxford or tractarian movement and editions of John Henry Newman, Bible texts and commentaries, lectureships and monographic series, the philosophy of religion, the Reformed tradition, and antiquarian theology before 1840. Please try a keyword search (we suggest truncating, e.g. Anglic*) on these or other words of your choosing.

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Books requested will be held for two weeks (international, for three weeks). Directly we can receive payment through AbeBooks, by check or draft on a U.S. bank, or through PayPal. Books ordered by libraries can be sent with an enclosed invoice. Payment in euros or pounds sterling can be arranged. Our U.S. employer identification no. (EIN) is 36-0814540. The firm is registered as a domestic corporation in the state of Illinois (file no. D 2079-867-0; showing 1,040 shares of common stock with a pa...

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