Transcriber's note: archaic spellings such as "desart" for "desert" have been retained, as have inconsistent spellings such as "Galilee"/"Gallilee", etc.
The Cross was the banner, under which madmen assembled to glut the earth with blood.—Vide Chap. 18.
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[Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'] 1723-1789.
Ecce homo!
Translation of Histoire critique de Jésus Christ.
Reprint of the 1st American ed., rev. and corr., of
1827, printed for the proprietors of the Philosophical
library, New York, which was issued as no. 1 of the
Philosophical library.
1. Jesus Christ—Biography—Early works to 1800.
I. Title. II. Series: The Philosophical library;
no. 1.
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ACCOUNT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR PROPHETS.—INQUIRY INTO THE PROPHECIES RELATING TO JESUS.
THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
ADORATION OF THE MAGI AND SHEPHERDS—MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS;—AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH FOLLOWED THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
BAPTISM OF JESUS—HIS ABODE IN THE DESERT—COMMENCEMENT OF HIS PREACHING AND MIRACLES—MARRIAGE AT CANA.
JOURNEY OF JESUS TO JERUSALEM.—THE SELLERS DRIVEN OU