The history of the devil and the idea of evil : from the earliest times to the present day (1900)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co. · leaf 215
ared the Greek nation for the reception of Christian-ity. We say prepared, but we might just as well saythat it resulted in the formation of the Christian Churchas an institution to deliver mankind from evil. The fearof punishment in the life to come led in the days of sav-agery to human sacrifices… … Hades.(Greatly reduced from Moji. Inst., VIII., g.) Picture of a vase found at Altamura, representing a period in which the fearof Hell had become greatly subdued and the belief in its terrors is offset by thelegend of a return from the realm of the dead and the conquest of death. [The upper center…
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