Second Edition, 1988
72 pgs.
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George Hawkins Pember
was born in 1837. He was educated at Cambridge University where he
took his M.A. in Classics at age twenty-six. Upon his conversion
to Christ, Pember determined to devote his scholastic talents to a close
and comprehensive study of the Scriptures for the benefit of God's
people. His penchant for meticulous scholarship, extensive
knowledge of ancient cultures, and keen spiritual insight combined to
produce works of a quality and depth with few parallels in Christian
expository literature.
G. H. Pember died in
1910, leaving a rich legacy of reclaimed spiritual truth, upon which
subsequent reformers such as J. N. Darby, Watchman Nee, G. H. Lang, and
T. Austin-Sparks would build.
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS:
Part 1:
Babylon, Religious and Political
- The Woman on Seven Hills: Mystery
Babylon
- The City Babylon
- The City Will Re-appear
- The Vision of the Ephah
- The Future Babylon
Part 2: The
Mysteries and Catholicism
- The Great Religious Feature
of Antiquity
- The Probable Meaning of Initiation
- The Lesser and the Greater Mysteries
- Preparation for the Lesser Mysteries
- The Orphic Hymns
- Ancient and Modern Use of Incense
- The Incense and Pure Offering of the
Gentiles
- The Spiritual Meaning of Incense
- Doctrine of the Lesser Mysteries
- The Mystery-Plays
- Initiation into the Lesser Mysteries
- The Morality of the Mysteries
- The Greater Mysteries
- The Appearance of Deities or Saints
- "The Real Presence"
- The Hierophant, or Peter, was the the
First Pope
- Initiation into the Higher Mysteries
- The Hierophant, or Priest, as God
- A Third Order of Initiates,
corresponding to Bishops
- The Working of the Leaven
- The Transfer of Pagan Terms to Nominal
Christianity
- Apostolical Tradition
- Jewish Tradition
- Basil on Tradition and Indispensable
Pagan Practices
- The Origin of the Word "Mass"
- Summary and Inference
- Historical Developments
- Dr. Mivart's Apology for Polytheism
- A Parallel and a Warning
Index
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