The Book of Religions: Comprising The Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, Of All The Principal Religious Sects In The World Particularly Of All Christian Denominations In Europe and America

The work is intended to serve as a manual for those who are desirous of acquiring, with as little trouble as possible, a correct knowledge of the tenets or systems of religious faith, presented for the consideration of mankind;--to enable them, almost at a glance, to compare one creed or system with another, and each with the holy Scriptures;--to settle the minds of those who have formed no definite opinions on religious subjects;--and to lead us all, by contrasting the sacred truths and sublime beauties of Christianity with the absurd notions of pagan idolaters, of skeptics, and of infidels, to set a just value on the doctrines of HIM WHO SPAKE AS NEVER MAN SPAKE. To accomplish this design, the Editor has obtained, from the most intelligent and candid among the living defenders of each denomination, full and explicit statements of their religious sentiments--such as they believe and teach. "The Book of Religions" will prove immensely beneficial to the community as embodying a great variety of facts on a subject of deep concern, worthy of the exercise of our highest faculties, and requiring our most charitable conclusions. As this is a reproduction of a historical document, the index may or may not calibrate unilaterally with the referring text but was left fully intact for the sake of completeness and integrity to the original.