Author: William Robertson Smith

Quotes

The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.

The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.

- William Robertson Smith

The god can no more exist without his people than the nation without its god.

The god can no more exist without his people than the nation without its god.

- William Robertson Smith

That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree foreshadowed by the older mystical sacrifices.

That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree foreshadowed by the older mystical sacrifices.

- William Robertson Smith

The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.

The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.

- William Robertson Smith

But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.

But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.

- William Robertson Smith

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