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{{Style P-No indent|of the Egyptologists, the finding of Assyrian and Babylonian pre-Mosaic relics bearing the legend of Moses * and especially the many rationalistic works published in England, such as ''Supernatural Religion'', made recognition unavoidable. Hence the appearance of Protestant and Roman Catholic writers deputed to explain the inexplicable; to reconcile the face of Divine Revelation with the mystery that the divine personages, rites, dogmas and symbols of Christianity were so often identical with those of the several great heathen religions. The former – the Protestant defenders – tried to explain it, on the ground of “prophetic, precursory ideas”; the Latinists, such as De Mirville, by inventing a double set of Angels and Gods, the one divine and true, the other – the earlier – “copies ante-dating the originals” and due to a clever plagiarism by the Evil One. The Protestant stratagem is an old one, that of the Roman Catholics is so old that it has been forgotten, and is as good as new. Dr. Lundy’s ''Monumental Christianity ''and ''A Miracle in Stone ''belong to the first attempts. De. Mirville’s ''Pneumatologie ''to the second. In India and China, every such effort on the part of the Scotch and other missionaries ends in laughter, and does no harm; the plan devised by the Jesuits is more serious. De Mirville’s volumes are thus very important, as they proceed from a source which has undeniably the greatest learning of the age at its service, and this coupled with all the craft and casuistry that the sons of Loyola can furnish. The Marquis de Mirville was evidently helped by the acutest minds in the service of Rome.}}

{{Style P-No indent|of the Egyptologists, the finding of Assyrian and Babylonian pre-Mosaic relics bearing the legend of Moses * and especially the many rationalistic works published in England, such as ''Supernatural Religion'', made recognition unavoidable. Hence the appearance of Protestant and Roman Catholic writers deputed to explain the inexplicable; to reconcile the face of Divine Revelation with the mystery that the divine personages, rites, dogmas and symbols of Christianity were so often identical with those of the several great heathen religions. The former – the Protestant defenders – tried to explain it, on the ground of “prophetic, precursory ideas”; the Latinists, such as De Mirville, by inventing a double set of Angels and Gods, the one divine and true, the other – the earlier – “copies ante-dating the originals” and due to a clever plagiarism by the Evil One. The Protestant stratagem is an old one, that of the Roman Catholics is so old that it has been forgotten, and is as good as new. Dr. Lundy’s ''Monumental Christianity ''and ''A Miracle in Stone ''belong to the first attempts. De. Mirville’s ''Pneumatologie ''to the second. In India and China, every such effort on the part of the Scotch and other missionaries ends in laughter, and does no harm; the plan devised by the Jesuits is more serious. De Mirville’s volumes are thus very important, as they proceed from a source which has undeniably the greatest learning of the age at its service, and this coupled with all the craft and casuistry that the sons of Loyola can furnish. The Marquis de Mirville was evidently helped by the acutest minds in the service of Rome.}}

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{{Style P-Quote|''Enoch'', lxxxix, in which the author depicts the shepherds as killing and destroying the sheep before the advent of the Lord, and this discloses the true meaning of that hitherto mysterious passage in the Johannine parable – “All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers” – language in which we now detect an obvious reference to the allegorical shepherds of Enoch.}}

{{Style P-Quote|''Enoch'', lxxxix, in which the author depicts the shepherds as killing and destroying the sheep before the advent of the Lord, and this discloses the true meaning of that hitherto mysterious passage in the Johannine parable – “All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers” – language in which we now detect an obvious reference to the allegorical shepherds of Enoch.}}