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4thly. Another very common Notion and very rife in the the Heathen World, and a great Source of their Idolatry, was their Apotheoses or Canonizing of famous and eminent Persons, who in their Life time had done great things and some way or other been great Benefactors to Mankind, by advancing them after their Death to the Dignity of an inferiour kind of Gods fit to be worship'd by men here on Earth, and to have their Prayers and Supplications address'd to them as proper and powerful Mediators and Intercessors for them with the Superiour Gods: To these they gave the Titles of Hero's and Semidei, that is, half Gods; though the Notion of a Being that is just half-infinite seems to me very hard to be conceiv'd and defin'd. |
4thly. another very Common Notion and very rife in the the Heathen World, and a great Source of their Idolatry, was their Apotheoses or Canonizing of famous and eminent Persons, who in their Life time had done great things and Some Way or other been great Benefactors to Mankind, by advancing them After their Death to the Dignity of an inferior kind of God's fit to be worshipped by men Here on Earth, and to have their Prayers and Supplications addressed to them as proper and powerful Mediators and Intercessors for them with the Superior God's: To these they gave the Titles of Hero's and Semidei, that is, half God's; though the Notion of a Being that is just half-infinite seems to me very hard to be conceived and defined. |
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