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Libra Esoterica

The unspeakable gift

the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord

by John Hancock Pettingell

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

365 pages, 5 pages : 19 cm Includes indexes Statement on p. 306: "Note (to the second edition)" Supplement: The two doctrines of human immortality contrasted. p. [307]-360 The question of human immortality considered in the light of history, reason and philosophy -- In limine -- the nature and limitations of the question -- The deathless nature of man -- origin and history of the dogma -- Disastrous influence of this false dogma -- The teachings of nature and reason -- Natural and rational arguments (continued) -- The question of human immortality considered in the light of revelation -- Logodædaly -- The creation of man -- The genesis of sin and death -- Inferential evidence -- The death incurred -- The life given -- the unspeakable gift -- Life versus death -- Texts and arguments commonly used to support the traditional dogma -- Texts and arguments commonly used to support the traditional dogma (continued) -- Texts and arguments commonly used to support the traditional dogma (continued) -- The exodus of sin and death

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Future life” and “Immortality”. Retained metadata contains “Immortality” in the description, “Future life” in the subject metadata, and “Immortality” in the subject metadata.

    • Future life· via Internet Archive
    • Immortality· via Internet Archive
    • Future life· via Open Library
    • Immortality· via Open Library
    • Immortality· in description
    • Future life· in subject

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the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord

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1886-01-01T00:00:00ZYarmouth, Me. : I.C. WellcomeEnglishPublic digitized item

Unspeakable gift

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1884Wellcome; Yarmouth, ME : I.C. Wellcome; Yarmouth, ME. : I.C. WellcomeEnglishPublic

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  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: rich9
  • Scanner: scribe2.nj.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL7891960W
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