The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors
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- Or, Christianity Before Christ
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1. OR, CHRISTIANITY BEFORE CHRIST2. PREFACE.3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.4. EXPLANATION5. ADDRESS TO THE CLERGY.6. CHAPTER I. RIVAL CLAIMS OF THE SAVIORS7. CHAPTER II. MESSIANIC PROPHECIES8. CHAPTER III. PROPHECIES BY THE FIGURE OF A SERPENT9. CHAPTER IV. MIRACULOUS AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE GODS10. CHAPTER V. VIRGIN MOTHERS AND VIRGIN-BORN GODS11. CHAPTER VI. STARS POINT OUT THE TIME AND THE SAVIORS' BIRTH-PLACE12. CHAPTER VII. ANGELS, SHEPHERDS AND MAGI VISIT THE INFANT SAVIORS13. CHAPTER VIII. THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF DECEMBER THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GODS.14. CHAPTER IX. TITLES OF THE SAVIORS15. CHAPTER X. THE SAVIORS OF ROYAL DESCENT, BUT HUMBLE BIRTH16. CHAPTER XI. CHRIST'S GENEALOGY17. CHAPTER XII. THE WORLD'S SAVIORS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION IN INFANCY18. SECTION II.—INCREDIBILITY OF THE STORY OF THE MASSACRE OF THE HEBREW INFANTS.19. CHAPTER XIII. THE SAVIORS EXHIBIT EARLY PROOFS OF DIVINITY.20. CHAPTER XIV. THE SAVIORS; KINGDOMS NOT OF THIS WORLD21. CHAPTER XV. THE SAVIORS WERE REAL PERSONAGES22. CHAPTER XVI. SIXTEEN SAVIORS CRUCIFIED23. CHAPTER XVII. THE APHANASIA, OR DARKNESS AT THE CRUCIFIXION.24. CHAPTER XVIII. DESCENT OF THE SAVIORS INTO HELL.25. CHAPTER XIX. RESURRECTION OF THE SAVIORS26. CHAPTER XX. REAPPEARANCE AND ASCENSION OF THE SAVIORS.27. CHAPTER XXI. THE ATONEMENT—ITS ORIENTAL OR HEATHEN ORIGIN.28. CHAPTER XXII. THE HOLY GHOST OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN29. CHAPTER XXIII. THE DIVINE "WORD" OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN.30. CHAPTER XXIV. THE TRINITY VERY ANCIENTLY A CURRENT HEATHEN DOCTRINE31. CHAPTER XXV. ABSOLUTION, AND THE CONFESSION OF SINS, OF HEATHEN ORIGIN32. CHAPTER XXVI. ORIGIN OF BAPTISM BY WATER, FIRE, BLOOD AND THE HOLY GHOST33. CHAPTER XXVII. THE SACRAMENT OR EUCHARIST OF HEATHEN ORIGIN34. CHAPTER XXVIII. ANOINTING WITH OIL OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN35. CHAPTER XXIX. HOW MEN, INCLUDING JESUS CHRIST, CAME TO BE WORSHIPED AS GODS36. CHAPTER XXX. SACRED CYCLES EXPLAINING THE ADVENT OF THE GODS37. CHAPTER XXXI. CHRISTIANITY DERIVED FROM HEATHEN AND ORIENTAL SYSTEMS38. CHAPTER XXXII. THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX STRIKING ANALOGIES BETWEEN CHRIST AND CHRISHNA39. CHAPTER XXXIII. APOLLONIUS, OSIRIS, MAGUS, ETC.—GODS40. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE THREE PILLARS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH—MIRACLES, PROPHECIES, AND PRECEPTS41. CHAPTER XXXV. LOGICAL OR COMMON SENSE VIEW OF THE DOCTRINE OF DIVINE INCARNATION42. CHAPTER XXXVI. PHILOSOPHICAL ABSURDITIES OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE DIVINE INCARNATION43. CHAPTER XXXVII. PHYSIOLOGICAL ABSURDITIES OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE DIVINE INCARNATION44. CHAPTER XXXVIII. A HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST.45. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE SCRIPTURAL VIEW OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY.46. CHAPTER XL. A METONYMIC VIEW OF THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST47. CHAPTER XLI. THE PRECEPTS AND PRACTICAL LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST; HIS TWO HUNDRED ERRORS48. CHAPTER XLII. CHRIST AS A SPIRITUAL MEDIUM49. CHAPTER XLIII. CONVERSION, REPENTANCE, AND "GETTING RELIGION" OF HEATHEN ORIGIN50. CHAPTER XLIV. THE MORAL LESSONS OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY.51. CHAPTER XLV. CONCLUSION AND REVIEW.52. NOTES