| 单词 | priestcraft |
| 例句 | For me, it almost cheapens that sense of magnificent joy, that sense of rightness, to tie it down too closely to creeds and priestcraft. Belief is unnecessary, but knowledge helps 2010-08-25T10:30:00Z Deists believed that human reason could discover the laws of nature and morality without religious guidance, and often condemned “priestcraft” as superstitious and fanatical. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Amid all the sins and failings, amid all the priestcraft and persecution and fanaticism that have defaced the Church, it has preserved, in the character and example of its Founder, an enduring principle of regeneration. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z May the example contribute to emancipate thy mind from the idle fears of superstition, and the wicked arts of priestcraft. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z The antisacerdotal heresies were directed against the abuses in doctrine and practice which priestcraft had invented to enslave the souls of men. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The religious instinct has been perverted, turned into wrong channels, made subservient to priestcraft and kingcraft, but its basic principle remains for ever firm. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Here, where there was such excellent opportunity for raillery, Voltaire shows he had a genuine admiration for their simplicity of life, the courage of their convictions, their freedom from priestcraft, and their distaste for warfare. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z And mark this; the Grecian mythology is dead, is no longer aggressive in its absurdities; the priestcraft and the foul rites have long since perished, the beauty and the grace and the splendor remain. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z The traffic of hope and fear has ever been a lucrative trade; and while fear became the staple commodity of priestcraft, hope was the fortune of medical quacks. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Under the despotism of priestcraft, nations were impoverished to foster, in abundance, in luxury, and often in drunkenness, legions of monks, priests, and pontiffs, from whom they derived no real benefit. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z The great curse of true religion to-day is literalism, enforced by priestcraft, in regard to what relates to our most sacred concerns. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z If blasphemy has any meaning, its definition must be--'a resistance to a predominant priestcraft.' The Trial of Henry Hetherington 2012-03-06T03:00:21.680Z Against superstition, fanaticism and priestcraft they protested unceasingly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z In more modern times we have often seen dreams resorted to, in order to assist the speculations of policy and priestcraft; some of them as absurd in their nature as revolting in their interpretation. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z On this question being interpreted to the watcher, he replied that treason had been their end, diabolical treason and priestcraft. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Moreover, priestcraft has always been ambitious for power, and sometimes has been so influential as to make the monarch subservient to the monk. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Science has read the records of the rocks, records that priestcraft cannot change, and on his wondrous scales has weighed the atom and the star. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z The bitterness of his outspoken invective against the clergy, against all priestcraft and priesthood, was a new feature in deistic literature, and injured the author more than it furthered his cause. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Credulity, and superstition her twin sister, have in all ages been the source whence priestcraft, and quackery have derived their wealth. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z It was simply the old conflict that is still being waged, and it will be carried on until universal civil- ization does away with priestcraft and superstition. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z It is a relic of the ancient barbaric fetichism borrowed from savages by sacerdotalists for purposes of priestcraft, and should be scouted by all honest and intelligent men.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The lava of freedom long buried beneath a mountain of wrong and injustice at last burst forth, overwhelming the Pompeii and Herculaneum of priestcraft and tyranny. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z He recommends the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper; and, whatever his own conduct and that of his people may be, certainly in his book prohibits polygamy and priestcraft. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z I like its noble aims, its scorn and hate of priestcraft and Slavery. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z This conclusion is not only natural, but irresistible, to a mind untrammeled by education and unbefogged by priestcraft. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The words God and religion have been so long associated with superstition and priestcraft that many liberal thinkers have a repugnance to both. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z These translations of the dead, from place to place, are full of uncertainty; and hence has arisen a marvellous and successful system of jugglery and priestcraft. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z From the re-assured professors of priestcraft, of Jesuitism, and of imposture, who have been restored to your towns and villages at the expense of your patrimony to maintain you in ignorance and in misery? Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The officer spoke better at the conclusion of his speech, and even acquired a certain aplomb during his denunciation of priestcraft. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z But y past history proves that "the fear of God" has always been the great lever of priestcraft, and the most paltry and pitiful motive that ever moved the human mind. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Hark! the clanking clog of priestcraft the harsh ring of intolerance! The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules 2011-12-24T03:08:06.143Z This short list furnishes a meagre show-box of that immense mass of merchandise, which formed the staple of priestcraft. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Confession, that terrible arm, of priestcraft, that diabolical device for seduction, that subtle means of piercing the most sacred domestic secrets, and keeping in chains the superstitious sex! Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z When they get entangled in the meshes of priestcraft, are seldom able to burst the trammels; and so it has happened in the case before us. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z It gives to priestcraft either too much or too little. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z This made it easy for him to emancipate himself from the slavery of priestcraft and become and remain a Freethinker. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z Having emancipated myself from the thraldom of bibliolatry and priestcraft generally, it is my aim to examine what seems to be my duty as a man and an integer of society. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Above all, this progress seems marvellous and divinely impelled, when one remembers that the gradual destruction of priestcraft is the work of the priesthood itself. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z We repeat the melancholy truth, that all these beautiful astro-allegories have been lost in the ignorance or roguery of priestcraft. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z For my stained soul, Knowing its sin, hastened to purge itself With every rite and charm which the dark lore Of priestcraft offered to it. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z Every true patriot has fondly looked to them as the safeguards against the despotism of priestcraft, and against violence of an ignorant and, therefore, vicious populace. Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z Whatever may have been the origin of this festival, it is evident that it does not owe its existence, like most other Hindoo festivals, to priestcraft. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z A bite of this fruit it seems would have reinstated mankind, and spoiled priestcraft. Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion 2011-10-12T02:00:53.110Z Reason is the real forbidden tree of priestcraft. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z On the other hand, Paine's opposition to atheism would appear to have brought him into danger from another quarter, in which religion could not be distinguished from priestcraft. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The mystic language of love is also the mystic language of religion, and what guilt is shrouded under this equivoque, the history of priestcraft may show. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Women are of an impressionable nature, their enthusiasm is easily fanned into intensity, and superstition and priestcraft took advantage of it. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z They have been from time immemorial the dupes, the tools, and the most effective allies of priestcraft. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z All these questions are answered in five words:—the artificial religion of priestcraft. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z It was, we say, priestcraft and statecraft that kindled this unjustifiable war, in order to lower human nature, and induce men to butcher each other under the most absurd, frivolous, and wicked pretences. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z He brings the church into the house, and thus makes an every-day reality of an institution, which is thought to belong to the disputed territory where controversialists quarrel, or the close walls where priestcraft rules. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z It is a protest against the hypocrisy, formalism, tyranny, of priestcraft, king-craft, and aristocracy. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Fear of death is, in brief, part of the jargon of priestcraft. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z This dogma, then, is the lucrative forgery of priestcraft, after the councils of Nice and Laodicea had decided by vote that the spurious miscellany called the New Testament should be the new Will of God. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Human sacrifices were a result of priestcraft in Tonga, as in Greece. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Ah, we have here a fine illustration of what we may call the craft of the priest, or priestcraft. How the Bible was Invented A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society 2011-07-07T02:00:31.270Z I am no theologian, and have as great an aversion to priestcraft as one can entertain. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z In the end he determined on getting rid of the braminical priestcraft, and accordingly refused to worship any deity but Siva, whose image, the lingam, is the most ancient idol known among the Hindus. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z All these words have been coined in the mint of theology for the purpose of deception; and, together with the principal tool of priestcraft, called soul, make up the machinery of delusion. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z It is true that his preaching had won him more followers than his priestcraft had turned away. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z He believed in himself and his good cause, but his faith was less strong in the dreadful means, by which priestcraft and church-laws sought to arrive at God's decision. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z The festivals of Ceres and Bacchus, which in their origin were innocent institutions, intended to celebrate the blessings of harvest and vintage, having degenerated by means of priestcraft, became schools of superstition and debauchery. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Most of these men spoke of priestcraft and the monkish system with the utmost abhorrence, and said that they should prefer death to submitting again to the yoke which had formerly galled their necks. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z The Christian priestcraft, even in the eleventh century, when ignorance and tyranny had raised it to its zenith of power and glory, was but a novice compared with the subtle perfection of that of India. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z In short, it is that spirit of priestcraft and kingcraft, by which the world, for many ages, has been ruled as with a rod of iron. Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z Is it any wonder that the priests realized that between this man and themselves there was no choice but that he or priestcraft should perish? A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z How otherwise interpret the scoff and mockery that unceasingly go forward against priests and priestcraft in a little community, as it were, separated for acts of piety and devotion? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The Ghibellines expressed the anti-papal sentiment of the people, among whom there was a growing dread and hatred of Romish power, and the time was approaching when Teutonic patriotism would mean resistance to Italian priestcraft. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z This is either the usage now, or was so in former times, and seems to be the acme of priestcraft. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z So, without actually professing to be a medicine man, he had freely accorded to him all the confidence a member of the priestcraft usually enjoys. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z I used to hear such narratives of Irish barbarism, Irish brutality, priestcraft, superstition, and Heaven knows what besides, that I fully persuaded myself that our small repute was very nigh to an eulogium on us. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z At least, it cannot mean a religion in which a man might think what he pleased, and was set free from all yokes, whether of ignorance, fear, authority, or priestcraft. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Let us see then—the most fertile source of infidelity will be found in the mysteries and dogmata invented by priestcraft, which reason revolts at and rejects. An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming The hideously unjust dogma of original sin might have grown out of the Pagan fable of Pandora's box, the occult meaning of which most probably was the evils arising from theology and priestcraft. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z They did most of their work at home before they made their colonial empire; they colonized new worlds as a reformed people; the French tried to colonize under absolutism and priestcraft. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical It could scarcely be denied that the Schoolmasterdom of England was a priestcraft as powerful and arrogant as any which had ever been. Sinister Street, vol. 2 I thought, if that is the true meaning, then adieu to priestcraft, I will never be a Pfaff. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. "He would never have done," says Goethe, "with degrading religion and the sacred books, for the sake of injuring priestcraft, as they called it." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 As an instance of the malicious and inexorable nature of priestcraft, we note the curious fact, that Galileo's sentence was, in spite of the clearest light, renewed at Rome in 1819! Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z The misery which befell the Acadians was the result of not using force at the right time, and of the evil potency of priestcraft. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Because I never did—never would—and never will trust to priestcraft. Tony Butler Again you will have a Senate seated in the Capitol, for the power of priestcraft has had its day. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. If it be corrupted with priestcraft, or destroyed by our dissensions, our vitality as a republican people is gone. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them The learned Stephen Dolet was burnt by the Inquisition for exposing priestcraft, and asserting the unity of God. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z I shall give two instances of predictions which came under my own observation, and which will show how much the same priestcraft has been in all times. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times The war of ideas was waged against priestcraft, and skepticism was the result. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence Were devotion, piety, and single-heartedness nothing but imposition, hypocrisy, and priestcraft? Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Their shrewd and cunning leaders, knowing the danger to priestcraft from Free Schools, use this hostility and the pretense of our religious services to separate these classes from the Public Schools. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them To attack Protestant or Catholic orthodoxy, to attack priestcraft, was then to make an underhand attack upon the Government itself. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 You do not recollect, but I have kept it in mind," said she in a haughty tone, "when you and Prince Valerian dined with us, you said: 'There is a priestcraft of Humanity.' Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine A man hath as good reason to believe that there is as much of kingcraft as priestcraft in withholding the scripture from the public in popish countries. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence It is evident that Rameses II. was the model to which he endeavoured to conform, and he did not attempt to preserve himself from the weakening influences of priestcraft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The fusion would lower the white race in the scale of civilization, of moral and mental power, and would reproduce the ignorance, superstition, priestcraft, and chronic revolutions of Mexico with her mongrel population. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Above there were the priests, who had always from the dawn of time been of the priestcraft, being born a notch lower than the gods themselves, who were the golden globes. The Buttoned Sky Skill applied to outwit or deceive gives the common sense of cunning or trickery, and it is this meaning which is implied in such combined words as “priestcraft,” “witchcraft” and the like. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" But Mr. Paine was the inveterate enemy to priestcraft as well as kingcraft. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence He had an abiding conviction that Christianity was partly delusion and largely priestcraft, and was maintained chiefly for upholding iniquitous privilege. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Aztlan must pass through all the fated field Of mythologic peculence and lore, And to their sturdy priestcraft blindly yield, To cipher out the destinies in store. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation The kingcraft, and priestcraft, and solemn swindle of seven hundred years are exploded in a shout of laughter; the god is broken to pieces, his members dragged through the streets. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The verdict expected of you condemns liberal institutions: all Religion but priestcraft—the abnegation of religion itself; all Rights but that to bondage—the denial of all rights. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence The relics of exploded priestcraft which I had just contemplated in the adjoining garden, led me into an amusing train of thought on the origin and progress of superstition. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew It is overshadowed with despotism, oppressed by priestcraft, or lacking industrial vitality to such a degree that it is forced to surrender the beginnings of civilization to other nations and other lives. History of Human Society They declaimed in favour of liberty and against priestcraft and tyranny with all the ardour and freshness of youth. George Brown A similar spirit is also seen in the hasty attempt of the French philosophers of the last century to resolve all religion into priestcraft. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion They make a priestcraft and a ritual of artful language, and are ignorant of their own heresy. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards They were engendered by ignorance, and nurtured by superstition and priestcraft. A Morning's Walk from London to Kew I do not want to see this splendid country forced into the iron shackles of priestcraft.” Carmen Ariza The toilers who wend up the hillside, The toilers below in the mill Alike are the victims of priestcraft, They "do but the Master's will." Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures This form of rationalism differed from the English deism and French naturalism, in not regarding the Bible as fabulous in character, and the device of priestcraft;722 but only denied the supernatural. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion He never sings more loftily, or with stronger passion, or with finer thought, than when he arraigns and denounces priestcraft and its superstitions before the bar of humanity and truth. Arrows of Freethought It was snapped up and shared by priestcraft and privilege. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) If she could shake off priestcraft she’d have a chance––provided she didn’t fall into orthodox Protestantism.” Carmen Ariza He appealed to the native dignity of the individual, and hated priestcraft with a perfect hatred. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) He gave a strong aid to the tendency of advancing civilization, to separate philosophy from theology, thereby striking a blow, slow in its effect, and effectual in its destructive operation, on all priestcraft. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." In his Œdipus he had assaulted priestcraft with not undeserved severity; we must always remember what he saw around him. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 His handbook on the Morality of the Jesuits was a frightful exposure of the duplicity and rascality of priestcraft. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The latter are based on conquest or priestcraft, and the former on reason. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Michelet showed in La Sorci�re, from which this extract is taken, as well as in many other writings, that he fully understood the fulcrum of priestcraft and the secret of superstition. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Condorcet had a principal part in this work, which shook priestcraft on its throne; it spread consternation where-ever it appeared, and was one of the main causes of the great outbreak. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." No, by the God that made us, No. Shall we truckle to Rome, shall we become slaves to Popish knaves, shall we become subservient to priestcraft and lying and roguery and trickery? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule One of the most effective arts of priestcraft has been the misrepresentation and slander of heretics. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Oppression and priestcraft are the transitory forms in which the flock has sought to cement its union. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle It required no great intellectual power to see through the tricks of Papal priestcraft, which had, indeed, been the jest of the educated and thoughtful for generations. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) They found a priestcraft of pianists, and an Inquisition of fiddlers. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences The National Schools must, in the long run, be fatal to political priestcraft and traitorous agitation. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Still less, if that were possible, did he require Paul Bert or any other man to tell him that France imperatively needed education free from priestcraft. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Upon this Uncle Moses began to moralize about the corrupt morals of the Italian race, and went on to speak of tyranny, priestcraft, slavery, aristocracy, monarchy, primogeniture, brigandage, and ten thousand other things. Among the Brigands Bigotry, cruelty, and tyranny at home, priestcraft and Jesuitism abroad,––these, O Khalid, you will know better by force of contact before you end. The Book of Khalid It is in the nature of things that the superstitious tendencies of mankind shall fall a prey to priestcraft. The Life of Cicero Volume II. The entire work is one grand scientific effort against popecraft and priestcraft. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880 Religion and priestcraft may not be the same thing in essence. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Remarks, in prose, on the polypus, priestcraft, &c. Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc For many things, including parental tyranny and priestcraft and Jesuitism, will here conspire against the single blessedness of him, which is now seeking to double itself. The Book of Khalid He could never have done with degrading religion and the sacred books for the sake of injuring priestcraft, as he called it; and thus produced in me many an unpleasing sensation. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Mrs. Mott said: It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I But practically religion and priestcraft are the same thing. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) It is a device of man at his worst—a mixture of slavery, savage egotism and priestcraft. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Swinburne, like most modern pagans, really hated priestcraft when he thought he was hating God. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study It is priestcraft, despite the Vedic wisdom, and the missions and teaching of Christna and Buddha. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology Bentinck had the courage to act on the conviction that inhumanity, however consecrated by superstition and priestcraft, has no permanent basis in popular sentiment. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) But priestcraft developed it, systematised it, enforced it, and perpetuated it. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) There will come a time when thou wilt be free from this thraldom of priestcraft, when that spirit of thine will live on in the Elysian. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Catarina is really haunted; and much as my reason revolts against the idea as superstitious and savoring of priestcraft, yet I must acknowledge I see no way of avoiding the admission. Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories It is thus that priestcraft masquerades in the name of religion to enslave the human soul. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology There is philosophercraft as well as priestcraft, both from one source, both of one spirit. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II The connection between the god and the beast was originally the offspring of a grotesque imagination, and priestcraft and the superstitious tendency of the people did the rest. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 The leading Reformers were men from humble life,—men who were most free of any of their time from pride of rank, and from the influence of bigotry and priestcraft. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan They had thought that it was enough to sweep away superstition, priestcraft, and despotism, and that no constructive process was necessary. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Most of their priestcraft was a vulgar imposition upon the ignorance and credulity of the common people. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Reasons for belief in judicial astrology, and remarks on the dangerous character of popish priestcraft. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II We will shortly quit this dirty country of yours, where priestcraft, pedantry, and oppression reign unmolested and undisturbed. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom The writer will now say a few words about priestcraft and the machinations of Rome, and will afterwards say something about himself and his motives for writing against them. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' The first germs of science were very simple, existing in connection with Art, and subserving the purposes of priestcraft. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy All the terrors of military execution, all the artifices of priestcraft, were put forth to make converts and such as relapsed were subjected to cruel torments. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Then sensuality, priestcraft, greed, and frivolity easily used such a custom until it became a root of corruption. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Preaching a simple, austere monotheism, free from priestcraft or elaborate doctrinal trappings, he tapped the well-springs of religious zeal always present in the Semitic heart. The New World of Islam This feeling had been planted by national animosity, and nursed and fomented by priestcraft. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico An immense crowd witnessed, in silent awe, this sacrifice to priestcraft. The Philippine Islands Cheered and strengthened by such a belief, men have struggled bravely and steadily against priestcraft and kingcraft, against the absolutism of power in every form. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Revelling in the realization of at least a partial emancipation from the tyranny of priestcraft, men and nations debauched their newly acquired liberty of thought, speech, and action, in a riot of abhorrent excess. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Persia's ancestral cult of Zoroaster had degenerated into "Magism"—a pompous priestcraft, tyrannical and persecuting, hated and secretly despised. The New World of Islam The offspring of Egyptian priestcraft, they were instituted with a view to aggrandize that order of men, to extend their influence, and enlarge their revenues. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy Link by link the chain of priestcraft encompassing the development of the Colony was yielding to natural causes. The Philippine Islands Hence it was aimed against priestcraft as well as against monarchy. The Moral Economy They always love colour better than form, rhetoric better than logic, priestcraft better than philosophy, and flourishes better than fugues. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida In other words, it is considered by some persons to be a system of priestcraft, destructive of Christian liberty. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity We arrive then at nearly the culminating point of Egyptian priestcraft, the days of "wise men," "sorcerers," and "magicians." Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy I had some thoughts, I confess, of relinquishing priestcraft, and becoming a merchant; but, all things considered, I shall continue to follow my original destiny. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan Certainly I would not escape one sort of priestcraft to set up another in its place, whether the niche be filled by Mrs Besant or Mrs Eddy or Mr Sinnett, or any other fallible fellow-creature. Seen and Unseen Time has failed me to tell of the evolution of idolatry from fetichism, priestcraft from sorcery, and of their overthrow by the doctrines that were uttered by that voice on the Mount. Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56 Again, the genius of Arianism, as a party and a doctrine, was to discard antiquity and mystery; that is, to resist and expose what is commonly called priestcraft. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity There Father Olmedo celebrated Mass, and the Te Deum was chanted by the soldiers, side by side with the sacrificial stone; the abominable war-god's image, and all the attendant machinery of its savage priestcraft. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development I have no faith in the religious cant of the present day, in priests or priestcraft.' The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I Its master-stroke in its struggle with priestcraft—the substitution of "faith" for "works" as the basis of salvation—has done little or nothing to relieve the West from the deadly pressure of Israel's philosophy. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular There was no priestcraft in Greece, no exclusive caste to whom the worship of the gods was assigned, although, of course, the right to practise certain cults belonged to particular families. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece But what is this but the story of priestcraft and intolerance everywhere, which Old Spain can repeat as well as New Spain, the white race as well as the red? The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Nor was its modest setting commensurate with such a sudden, startling, complete emancipation from the dark and embattled forces of fanaticism, of priestcraft, of religious orthodoxy and superstition. God Passes By He became an "adept", and discovered how easily the priest drifts into priestcraft, and fraud steps in with legerdemain and miracle to amend the truth. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers What priestcraft notion has gotten hold of you? The Mayor of Warwick His hatred of mumbo-jumbo and priestcraft was but a part of his steady love of freedom and sincerity. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 It was avowedly a controversial diatribe against the celibacy and priestcraft of Romanism, and was originally designed to be in prose. Studies in Early Victorian Literature These phenomena, attested by many ancient and modern writers, are variously accounted for by the learned, as priestcraft, peculiar construction, escape of rarified air, &c. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) The religion that contemplates misery and woe is one devised by priestcraft for a purpose, and that purpose is to rule and rob. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers On page 94, the text "carion" was corrected to "carrion" in the following text: "... that part of the priestcraft which exists upon the carrion of the human family ..." Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light Churches at that period were too often but monuments of superstition for the celebration of mummery, for sheltering criminals, receptacles for pretended relics, and in fact instruments for maintaining the power of priestcraft. How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 Intended to Serve as a Companion and Monitor, Containing Historical, Political, Commercial, Artistical, Theatrical And Statistical Information But do you count it no merit, no service to mankind, to deliver them from the frauds and fetters of priestcraft, from the deliriums of fanaticism, and from the terrors and follies of superstition? Dialogues of the Dead Theirs was the battle—the conquest is ours— Free souls and bodies the death-wrestled prize Won from bad kingcraft, despoiled of its powers, Wrench'd from false priestcraft in spite of its lies! My Life as an Author We believed that these things would yet come, in spite of kingcraft and priestcraft, but wisely kept our pet theories to ourselves: that is, between ourselves. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth Then, what can you expect of future generations, and what must eventually be the morals of a country which is controlled by the priestcraft? Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light Smith, cast out of all his shrewd calculations as to what would win this woman, fell back upon the inner genius of that priestcraft which so often surpassed his conscious intelligence. The Mormon Prophet The mind of the princes and people was weary of priestcraft and ritualism; and the teaching of the great reformer was most timely. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans Much too was added about the priestcraft and superstition which had commonly attended the inculcation of mysterious doctrines. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The barbarians really flattered themselves they should be able to bring back the times of Vandalism, when ignorance put every thing into the hands of power and priestcraft. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 As the "moguls" and "high up" officials of Catholicism are cognizant of the fact that the priestcraft are, as a whole, the most immoral set of men that ever infested the face of the earth. Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light I have been striving to show that absolution is not a Church figment, invented by priestcraft, but a living, blessed, human power. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Let the dead past, consecrated by the blood of its martyrs, not by its savage hatreds, darkened alike by kingcraft and priestcraft—let the dead past bury its dead. The Art of Public Speaking The explanation of the rise of positive religion and of the claim of revelation is sought in the hypothesis of deceit, of ambitious priestcraft and incurable credulity. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Particularly tenacious, in common with priestcraft all over the world, is their clutch upon what they call "consecrated ground." The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji The Roman Catholic church says that the priests shall not wed, but at the same time the priestcraft fathers an army of children. Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light What strikes one most in all this is the entire absence of priestcraft. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official It would be a strange anomaly in the records of human opinions to find an edifice reared to perpetuate a belief which the founder thought a delusion, a mere system of priestcraft and superstition. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 He sought by priestcraft, and penances, and monastic vows, and garments of sackcloth, to efface the stains of a soul crimsoned with crime. The Empire of Russia They concern priestcraft and vulgar superstition rather than truth and righteousness. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji The paradise of the priestcraft is inky darkness, as they prefer darkness to light, and by their actions, their every-day lives take on the hue of midnight. Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light The motto, 'God has made Law to Every Man to Labour,' means that the slaves of priestcraft are to be contented with their servitude. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making But he held that the reformers, alike in England, in France, and in Germany, were fighting for truth, honesty, and private judgment against priestcraft and ecclesiastical tyranny. The Life of Froude These facts show that any race, white black, or yellow, may be kept down simply by the forces of conservatism, chief among which is priestcraft operating through prejudice and superstition in the name of religion. The Black Man's Place in South Africa In one sense, Buddhism was a revolt against hereditary and sacerdotal privilege—an attack of the people against priestcraft. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji Men were tired of priestcraft, and by a natural reaction they went to an opposite extreme; they were tired of religion itself. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 C.R.A. what I venture to assert is one of the most daring plots to subvert home and family life in the interests of priestcraft that has ever been discovered. The Altar Steps Sincere men, like Lucretius, who saw all the evil of these superstitions, and who had no strong religious sense, would speak out, and proclaim all religion to be priestcraft and an unmitigated evil. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology His less quiet friends of the flesh have felt that this room was a sanctuary and Yanagi a priest of eternal things, but a priest without priestcraft, a priest living joyously in the world. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People It entered to drive Buddhism out, and to defend the intellect of the educated against the wiles of priestcraft. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji The Khond priests may indulge in any occupation except war; but some exercise only their priestcraft and do nothing else. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow The western combination against real Christianity never attained to power by successful conquest of the nations; but on the contrary by chicanery, insidious policy, flattery of princes and priestcraft. Notes on the Apocalypse Such a state of opinion excludes the danger of priestcraft, and is opposed to all hierarchal pretensions. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology You will see in the villages much of what your old writers used to call 'priestcraft.' The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People With such a fetish your priestcraft of the Middle Ages is not to be compared for a moment. Queed But what mysterious distribution of character has the craft of statesmen, more fatal than priestcraft, introduced? The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) They were not moved either by piety or priestcraft, but by a new and unexpected nomadism. The New Jerusalem It was only priestcraft, and priestcraft, like all other craft, carries in itself the principle of death. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Union in discipline and doctrine, the offensive sin of schism, the notion of a Church and a hierarchy, they laugh at as foppery, cant and priestcraft. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer They did not so lie to the Holy Ghost, as to erect a wicked system of priestcraft in the place of that holy gospel of which they were ministers. The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps No Luther thunders against priestcraft, shakes the thrones of tyrants, and wakes the nations to a new life and a new progress, save that Luther that finds a Bible in his cell. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler She is not in the least inclined to devotional rhapsodies or to subserviency to priestcraft, like so many women abroad. A Young Girl's Wooing The gods of Egypt were mysteries too far removed from the popular apprehension to be objects of worship; and so religion in Egypt became priestcraft. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology It was to attain this end that he attacked with such persistence and such violence all religion and all priestcraft in general, and, in particular, the orthodox dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church. Landmarks in French Literature She knew his scorn for pretentiousness of all kinds, for false conventions, for false emotions, his hatred of priestcraft, his condemnation of the family wealth, and his contempt for the little respectabilities of Japanese life. Kimono She found consolation in that religion which I have ridiculed as priestcraft and hypocrisy. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton As a mere religions observance this same fast, enjoined by Muhammad, is the most absurd, the most demoralizing, and the most hurtful to health that ever was invented by priestcraft. Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes They did not proceed, in any sense, from God; they were not even the work of good men, but rather of deliberate imposition and priestcraft. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Most civilizations have had a body of religious institutions staffed by a priestcraft, which has shared power with the economic overlords. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History That it is all imposture--the product of priestcraft--is the theory of some small philosophers. The Church and Modern Life To this he hath added a paltry, traditional cant of "priestrid" and "priestcraft," without reason or pretext as he applyeth it. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 It has the attraction of a world of priestcraft, with them alone understanding the ritual. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form No doubt priestcraft has been carried very far in them, though not further perhaps than it has sometimes been carried in Christianity. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology During certain periods in the long history of Egyptian civilization the priestcraft held the balance of power. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History And it fills his soul with a sort of transport of cunning, an ecstasy of priestcraft, that he should pretend to be telling to the multitude that terrible secret which he does not know. All Things Considered It were the regulars that tyrannized and formed priestcraft. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 The old spirit of freedom and the collective purpose which overthrew and subdued priestcrafts and kingcrafts, has done so, it seems, only to make way for these obscure political conspiracies. An Englishman Looks at the World A decent respect for the opinions of mankind forbids us to ascribe pagan religions to priestcraft as their chief source. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Every civilization known to history has had its priestcraft as well as its statecraft. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History England is really ruled by priestcraft, but not by priests. All Things Considered He soon drifted away from the pietists and their ways, he came to have a poor opinion of priests and priestcraft, and in time men called him a heathen. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. And, indeed, there was no disputing the fact that there was danger in open acceptance of such doctrines as defied the authority of priestcraft,—ay, danger to falsehood, and death to falsehood! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 My lord, I am not skilled in wit Nor wise in priestcraft, but I know That fear to man is spur and bit To jog and curb his fancies' flow. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies In his time, especially in India, society had become encysted beneath a crust of seemingly impenetrable conservatism, while religion, or priestcraft, riveted the chains by which the masses of the people were enslaved. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion Most of them spoke of priestcraft and the monks with the utmost abhorrence, and said that they should prefer death to again submitting to the yoke which had formerly galled their necks. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society This the young woman did afterwards effectually, so that there was no priestcraft used here; and I should have thought it one of the most unjustifiable frauds in the world to have had it so. The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe They want to live face to face with God without a screen of ritual and images and priestcraft. Greenmantle It has forever destroyed the contention of scholars like those of the eighteenth century who saw, in the multitude of irreconcilable discrepancies between various biblical statements, merely evidences of priestcraft and intentional fraud. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom The very thought of the wretch tempts one to revolt at human piety, at any rate where priestcraft and its fabrications are at the bottom of it. Tracks of a Rolling Stone We were all, except Sandy, quite free from slaveholding priestcraft. My Bondage and My Freedom And behold, thou art not only guilty of priestcraft, but hast endeavored to enforce it by the sword; and were priestcraft to be enforced among this people it would prove their entire destruction. The Book of Mormon And a man hath good reason to believe that there is as much of kingcraft, as priestcraft, in withholding the scripture from the public in Popish countries. Common Sense There were also Shamans of hunting, of medicine and priestcraft. The Trail Book The interference of the Deity in the affairs of mankind he entirely disowned, having proved to his own satisfaction that the idea originated entirely in priestcraft. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Within a few years the government seemed to become conscious of the great number of beggars in Rome, and of the reproach they offered to the wise and paternal regulations of the priestcraft. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 These legends, however, were no more than monkish extravagances, over which one laughed inwardly; there were, besides, priestly matters, and the priestcraft of the book was far worse than its monkery. Villette Women are, indeed, the easy victims both of priestcraft and self-delusion; but this would not be, if the intellect was developed in proportion to the other powers. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Under the rule of priestcraft money streamed in from every land and yet she did not advance. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest They form a system of despotism and priestcraft, both limited by law, but artfully conspiring to give mutual support, though with mutual checks. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities He was an instrument indeed, not of priestcraft, but of Fate, to bring home to Boris Godunov the hideous sins that stained his soul, and to avenge his victims by personating one of them. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series "Name not that word again," said Hayraddin, his countenance assuming a dreadful expression; "there is—there can be, there shall be—no such thing!—it is a dream of priestcraft." Quentin Durward For four hundred years Bolivia has thus been held in chains by Romish priestcraft. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America And who shall say how many This noble woman led, To break their bonds asunder, Who were to priestcraft wed? Home Lyrics Confession, priestcraft's gold mine, and the destruction of the true principles of Morality 171. Good Sense It has been said that he was no more than an instrument in the hands of priestcraft, and that because he played his part badly he met his doom. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series The latter was yielding and flexible to the hand of art, the former immutable beneath the rigorous jealousy of priestcraft. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature There hung about him an air of mystery, which, in Protestant eyes, savoured of priestcraft. Rob Roy — Volume 01 Since Frye wrote, the whole of Europe, excepting perhaps Russia, has reaped the benefits of the French Revolution, and reduced, if not suppressed, what the Major called "kingcraft and priestcraft." After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 Its existence obviously dates from the time when people used their fists more than their heads, when priestcraft had enchained the human intellect, the much bepraised Middle Age, with its system of chivalry. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life Yet it is a mistake to talk, as some do, of the power of the Russian Church, or of "priestcraft." The War and Democracy We may notice the frequent allusions to priestcraft, superstition, &c., which even at that early period betray the future direction of his mind. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature They are largely invectives against religion, marriage, kingcraft, and priestcraft, most impractical when considered as schemes for reform, but abounding in passages of exquisite beauty, for which alone they are worth reading. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World After a long night of Gothic ignorance, after many ages of priestcraft and superstition, learning and genius visited our Island in the days of the renowned Queen Elizabeth. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. Yet even that reaction is humanly natural; and as it so surely follows upon epochs of priestcraft, it may be a part of the divine process of arousing men to the evils of superstition. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations In reading their account of these institutions, we are painfully reminded how much the rising tide of religious liberty has been checked and driven back by the bands of priestcraft and arbitrary power. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel The days of priestcraft and superstition, it was hoped, had been fast fleeting away before the luminous rays of science, even in those countries where religious juggling had been most fostered and practised. Thaumaturgia I learned that a disastrous policy was on foot respecting National Education—in which priestcraft would be given every advantage, and Jesuitry obtain undue influence over the minds of the rising generation. Temporal Power Never in old Spain itself had priestcraft wielded a greater power than the Roman priesthood in Texas. The Hallam Succession Of the moral essays, the most remarkable are a set of four papers, entitled An Apology for the Clergy, which may perhaps be regarded as a set-off against the sarcasms of Pasquin on priestcraft. Fielding What he called "priestcraft" was abhorrent to him. December Love "Why, Mrs. Leonard, are you in sympathy with the priestcraft that would keep people virtuous through ignorance?" said the minister, laughing. Nature's Serial Story "Power to change the mode of government; power to put down the tyranny of priestcraft—power to relieve the oppressed, and reward the deserving—power to make of you, Lotys, a queen among women!" Temporal Power It savoured to him both of communism and priestcraft. Philistia At the same time I am astonished to find it here, astonished that priestcraft and the enemy of souls should not have erased it. Catharine Furze It was originally entitled a Vision of the World's Fall, on the supposition that it represented the loss of the Intuition, mystically called the "Fall of the Woman," through the sorceries of priestcraft. Dreams and Dream Stories He told him that he must understand that the whole thing was based upon priestcraft and superstition. My Life — Volume 1 Because you are gradually learning that the chief business of priestcraft is to deceive the people and keep them down,—down, always down in a state of wretched ignorance. Temporal Power Against such priestcraft as this the true priest must array himself, together with the scientist, the statesman, the physician. From a College Window It appears to me, that there are strong symptoms of priestcraft in the whole progress of this affair. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion What he wanted was to emancipate the female mind from the yoke of superstition and of priestcraft. Denzil Quarrier Simply this,—that all the intellectual force of the country is arrayed against priestcraft;— and the spirit of an insolent, witty, domineering atheism and materialism rules us all. The Master-Christian Thirdly: We protest against the domination of priestcraft, and the secret methods which are employed by the Church to obtain undue influence in Governmental matters. Temporal Power The first result was that there developed in the untrammeled West the most unreasoning despotism, the most unblushing robbery and the most shamelessly corrupt priestcraft. Brazilian Sketches The doctrine of innate human depravity is one of the most paralysing dogmas that human fear invented or priestcraft encouraged. An Autobiography The day of priestcraft being now numbered with the things that were, the exploitation of those outside of the sacerdotal circle is no longer possible. West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas Thieves, not only of gold, but of honour!—thieves of the very Gospel, which has been tampered with and twisted to suit the times, the conditions and opinions of varying phases of priestcraft. The Master-Christian And—so, despite lack of priestcraft,—we shall continue to pray,—in these uncertain and dangerous times,—that all may be well for the country,— the people, and—the King! Temporal Power I intend to do away with ceremony, priestcraft, and foreign influence. Joseph II. and His Court And the evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priestcraft, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance, drink, war, pestilence, nor any other of the scapegoats which reformers sacrifice, but simply poverty. Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara "No priestcraft at Marney," said this gentle proprietor of abbey lands. Sybil, or the Two Nations The hand of Roman priestcraft shall never weigh on England while there are any honest men left in it! The Master-Christian The first was a government of priestcraft, the second of conquerors, and the third of reason. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man The devices of priestcraft to bring grist to their mill are not yet obsolete, as will be seen in many of the monasteries of Cyprus. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 Here, if any where, the cloven foot shows itself and teaches us that the only solid stratum underlying priestcraft is one composed of £ s. d. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Mohammed abolished kingship proper as well as priestcraft. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 He had perceived the trickery, the dissimulation and hypocrisy of Roman priestcraft. The Master-Christian The taciturn father transmitted to his sons a hatred of kingcraft and priestcraft, the inward moral freedom of the Quaker touched with humanitarian passion. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters The ironical vein also was provoked by the mixture of kingcraft and priestcraft discernible throughout this great enterprise, and the mistaken zeal and self-delusion of many of its most gallant and generous champions. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada According to this opinion, therefore, the southern races were more ignorant, less civilized, more readily duped by priestcraft and kingcraft; above all, readier to bow to despotism, and indifferent to freedom. Irish Race in the Past and the Present “Still, since the feelings of your holy priestcraft wouldn’t let ye, the couple must put up with it.” Life's Little Ironies The priestcraft of the East and West, of the Magian, Brahmin, Druid, and Inca, is expounded in the individual's private life. Essays — First Series From town to town, from land to land, I was pursued by priestcraft and persecution; yet I acquired fame. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Father Kampmuller, the bosom friend of the Count Grashalkowitz, was confessor to the court of Vienna, and there was no possible kind of persecution I did not suffer from priestcraft. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 Frank,' cried the 'Squire; 'for may this glass suffocate me but a fine girl is worth all the priestcraft in the creation. The Vicar of Wakefield This treason calls forth an indignant exclamation, "Oh priestcraft, shopcraft, how do ye effeminate The minds of men!" The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Great numbers of absurd legends about miracles wrought by saints and relics were translated from the Italian and published as specimens of the priestcraft by which the greater part of Christendom had been fooled. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 For thousands of years civil government has existed in almost every corner of the world, in ages of priestcraft, in ages of fanaticism, in ages of Epicurean indifference, in ages of enlightened piety. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Priestcraft.—From the ceremonial of ancestor worship the thin end of the wedge of priestcraft was rigorously excluded. Religions of Ancient China The Tartars made no objection to their journey, for they had some awe of these pale men and were glad to be quit of foreign priestcraft. The Path of the King As the descendants of Puritans and other godly Protestants, they will submit to religious teaching, but as republicans they will have no priestcraft. North America — Volume 1 But there is no priestcraft about Hawkins—nor any other kind of craft. Manalive Like geology, it interferes with that Deus e machina theory of human affairs which has been in all ages the stronghold of priestcraft. Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc These ecstasies, cures, and so forth, brought them rapidly back to the old priestcrafts. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh It is not necessary to have priestcraft and an organised church for such ends. God the Invisible King Christian priestcraft turns a dreadful face to children. God the Invisible King |
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