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History of the Origins of Christianity. Book I. Life of Jesus. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
... , the great religious founders have not been metaphysicians. Buddhism itself, which is based on pure thought, has ...
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... in Ceylon are Buddhism, Hinduism, Mohammedanism, and Christianity. Buddhism is professed by ... brought about with India popular Buddhism received an admixture of Hinduism ... consequent introduction of Western civilization, Buddhism lost much of its prestige ...
History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 311-600 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... also as Romanism to Protestantism. Buddhism is a later reformation of Brahmanism ... Eastern Monachism” and “A Manual of Buddhism in its modern development, translated from ... Lond. 1850. The striking affinity between Buddhism and Romanism extends, by the way ...
Training of the Twelve by Bruce, Alexander Balmain (1831-1899)
... not yet been written. Some have referred to Buddhism as a system which produces moral heroism without ... an eternal hope for motive. But Buddhism has an eternal hope. Nirvana, even if it ...
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 56: 1910 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
... less in Heaven notwithstanding all that Romanism, Ritualism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Mohammedanism and every other ism may do ...
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... world-destruction (Brahminism) or with attainment of Nirvana (Buddhism). The doctrine of a world-soul in a ...
What is Christianity? Lectures Delivered in the University of Berlin during the Winter-Term 1899-1900 by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
... value and meaning of genuine Christianity, as of Buddhism, lies in its world-denying character. Others emphasise ... be a Christian. How differently things developed in Buddhism from the very start! 3. The all-important ...
You Can Do Greater Things Than Christ by Kuyper, Abraham (1837-1920)
... clamp on to what they have learned of Buddhism. They delve deeply into Theosophy. They attempt to ...
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... affected by the lower classes of Taoism and Buddhism, both of which, as popular cults, began to ... the State. But in thus embracing Taoism and Buddhism they did not cease to be Confucianists. These ...
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... (see PESSIMISM). This is the fundamental tenet of Buddhism (q.v.), which regards happiness as unattainable, and ...