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The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ

Kersey Graves

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 323 pages

A 19th-century essay collection in comparative religion, in which Kersey Graves argues that many Christian doctrines and miracles had antecedents in older pagan traditions. It discusses sixteen 'crucified saviors' and alleged parallels with Jesus, offering a window into freethought debates over Christianity's origins.

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THE WORLD'S SIXTEEN CRUCIFIED
SAVIORS
OR, CHRISTIANITY BEFORE CHRIST
CONTAINING NEW, STARTLING, AND EXTRAORDINARY
REVELATIONS
IN
RELIGIOUS
HISTORY,
WHICH
DISCLOSE
THE
ORIENTAL
ORIGIN
OF
ALL
THE
DOCTRINES, PRINCIPLES, PRECEPTS, AND MIRACLES
OF THE CHRISTIAN NEW TESTAMENT, AND FURNISHING
A
KEY
FOR
UNLOCKING
MANY
OF
ITS
SACRED
MYSTERIES, BESIDES COMPRISING THE HISTORY OF 16
HEATHEN CRUCIFIED GODS.
By Kersey Graves
CHAPTER I.   RIVAL CLAIMS OF THE SAVIORS

CHAPTER II.   MESSIANIC PROPHECIES
CHAPTER III.   PROPHECIES BY THE FIGURE OF A
SERPENT
CHAPTER
IV.
MIRACULOUS
AND
IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION OF THE GODS
CHAPTER V.   VIRGIN MOTHERS AND VIRGIN-BORN
GODS
CHAPTER VI.   STARS POINT OUT THE TIME AND THE
SAVIORS' BIRTH-PLACE
CHAPTER VII.   ANGELS, SHEPHERDS AND MAGI VISIT
THE INFANT SAVIORS
CHAPTER VIII.   THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF DECEMBER
THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GODS
CHAPTER IX.   TITLES OF THE SAVIORS
CHAPTER X.   THE SAVIORS OF ROYAL DESCENT, BUT
HUMBLE BIRTH
CHAPTER XI.   CHRIST'S GENEALOGY
CHAPTER XII.   THE WORLD'S SAVIORS SAVED FROM
DESTRUCTION IN INFANCY
CHAPTER
XIII.
THE
SAVIORS
EXHIBIT
EARLY
PROOFS OF DIVINITY
CHAPTER XIV.   THE SAVIORS; KINGDOMS NOT OF
THIS WORLD
CHAPTER XV.   THE SAVIORS WERE REAL PERSONAGES
CHAPTER XVI.   SIXTEEN SAVIORS CRUCIFIED
CHAPTER XVII.   THE APHANASIA, OR DARKNESS AT
THE CRUCIFIXION
CHAPTER XVIII.   DESCENT OF THE SAVIORS INTO
HELL

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Contents

  1. THE WORLD'S SIXTEEN CRUCIFIED SAVIORS
  2. OR, CHRISTIANITY BEFORE CHRIST
  3. PREFACE.
  4. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  5. EXPLANATION
  6. ADDRESS TO THE CLERGY.
  7. THE WORLD'S SIXTEEN CRUCIFIED SAVIORS.
  8. CHAPTER I. RIVAL CLAIMS OF THE SAVIORS
  9. CHAPTER II. MESSIANIC PROPHECIES
  10. CHAPTER III. PROPHECIES BY THE FIGURE OF A SERPENT
  11. CHAPTER IV. MIRACULOUS AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE GODS
  12. CHAPTER V. VIRGIN MOTHERS AND VIRGIN-BORN GODS
  13. CHAPTER VI. STARS POINT OUT THE TIME AND THE SAVIORS' BIRTH-PLACE
  14. CHAPTER VII. ANGELS, SHEPHERDS AND MAGI VISIT THE INFANT SAVIORS
  15. CHAPTER VIII. THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF DECEMBER THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GODS.
  16. CHAPTER IX. TITLES OF THE SAVIORS
  17. CHAPTER X. THE SAVIORS OF ROYAL DESCENT, BUT HUMBLE BIRTH
  18. CHAPTER XI. CHRIST'S GENEALOGY
  19. CHAPTER XII. THE WORLD'S SAVIORS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION IN INFANCY
  20. SECTION II.—INCREDIBILITY OF THE STORY OF THE MASSACRE OF THE HEBREW INFANTS.
  21. CHAPTER XIII. THE SAVIORS EXHIBIT EARLY PROOFS OF DIVINITY.
  22. CHAPTER XIV. THE SAVIORS; KINGDOMS NOT OF THIS WORLD
  23. CHAPTER XV. THE SAVIORS WERE REAL PERSONAGES
  24. CHAPTER XVI. SIXTEEN SAVIORS CRUCIFIED
  25. CHAPTER XVII. THE APHANASIA, OR DARKNESS AT THE CRUCIFIXION.
  26. CHAPTER XVIII. DESCENT OF THE SAVIORS INTO HELL.
  27. CHAPTER XIX. RESURRECTION OF THE SAVIORS
  28. CHAPTER XX. REAPPEARANCE AND ASCENSION OF THE SAVIORS.
  29. CHAPTER XXI. THE ATONEMENT—ITS ORIENTAL OR HEATHEN ORIGIN.
  30. CHAPTER XXII. THE HOLY GHOST OF ORIENTAL ORIGIN

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