The history of all religions in the world, from the creation down to this present time in two parts : the first containing their theory, and the other relating to their practices ... : to which is added, a table of heresies : as also a geographical map, shewing in what countrey each religion is practised ... / by William Turner ...

About this Item

Title
The history of all religions in the world, from the creation down to this present time in two parts : the first containing their theory, and the other relating to their practices ... : to which is added, a table of heresies : as also a geographical map, shewing in what countrey each religion is practised ... / by William Turner ...
Author
Turner, William, 1653-1701.
Publication
London :: Printed for John Dunton ... and are to be sold by Edm. Richardson ...,
1695.
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms
Religion -- History.
Cite this Item
"The history of all religions in the world, from the creation down to this present time in two parts : the first containing their theory, and the other relating to their practices ... : to which is added, a table of heresies : as also a geographical map, shewing in what countrey each religion is practised ... / by William Turner ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A71161.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

Pages

Christian.

1. They Consecrated (in Constantine's time) the Temples with,

  • 1. Singing of Hymns and Psalms.

Page 17

  • 2. Reading and Expounding the Scriptures; Preaching, Orations.
  • 3. Holy Sacrament.
  • 4. Prayers.
  • 5. Liberal Alms to the Poor.
  • 6. Great Gifts to the Church.
  • 7. Expressions of mutual Love. And,
  • 8. Universal rejoycing. Dr. Cave.

{inverted ⁂} Heathen Temples converted into Christian Churches were Consecrated by placing a Cross in them. Vid. Cod. Theod.

The Anniversary Feast-day in remembrance of the Church built by Constantine in Jerusalem, was kept afterwards constantly, Sept. 14. for eight days, with much pomp and confluence of People. Dr. Cave.

Hence our Wakes (Encaenia.)

Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.