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Classical Theology.—Lxxiii.

CLASSICAL THEOLOGY . —LXXIII .

LONDON , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 13 , 1864

JUNO AND JANUARY . The Altare ah altitucline , or exalted Altar , was l-aised , as the words imply , hig h , above the pavement , and signifies the particular place where sacrifices were wholly and only devoted to . the

celestial deities ; whereas twos ( Bomos ) , was used not peculiarly to denote the high altar , but likewise those low ones , denominated arce ; according to whom they were consecrated , namely , as to © col xfl" « " ( Theoi K & onioi ) , the celestial gods , and

& eol e i X 8 onoi ( Theoi Epixhonioi ) , the terrestrialgods , but collectively of each . The signification of Ma-yaAoi Qt-oi . ( Magaloi Theoi ) , implies the great gods , or deities . The altar of Jupiter the Olympian , described by Pausanias , was more than twenty feet in height ; whereas those of the heroes , or

Epixthonioi Eroes , called Eskarai , were not above half a foot high . The Greeks also dug out little trenches , named Lakkoi and Bothroi , which they used instead of altars , when they sacrificed to Ipocthdnioi ( ypeeSyioi ) , and Katakhonioi , & c .

( KaToxfloyioi ) , or the infernal deities . The figures of the Dodeca eisi ( AS ^ ca ei < n ) , Theoi megaloi (@ eoi p . eya \ oi ) , or Duodecim sunt Dei mdgni , which is to say , the twelve higher deities , were painted in the portico of the Ceramicus , where the Athenians

slain in war were buried , and represented in other porticos , as of the Pantheon . * The names of these tAvelve could be classified with an equal number of divinities of many nations , answering to the same attributes , and placed side by side as follows : —

Zeus , Jupiter . Juno , Hera . Poseidon , ISTeptunus . Pallas , Minerva . Apollon , Apollo . Demeter , Ceres . Hephaitus , Vulcanus . A phrodite , Venus . Ares , Mars . Artemis , Diana-Hermes , Mercurius . Hestia , Vesta .

The Athenians had , likewise , an altar erected to the highest honour of these deities , called Bw / tus TBi' StoSeKa eeov ( Bomus ton dodeca Theon ) , that is , the altar of the twelve gods and goddesses . In fact , the ancients avowed the greatest veneration

towards these once mi ghty beings of then- worshi p and immortality , and reverential honour to their heroic sons , for the gods , we may bear in mind ,

Classical Theology.—Lxxiii.

saw the daughters of man " that they were fair . " Likewise the ancient nations generally , as 'did the Jews , put much assured belief in the transmigration of souls . In truth , all nations have " possessed religious systems of their own , which ^ have

crumbled , and are crumbling , before the revealed religion of Christ , which again has many systems . So lone- as religion forms an established system of a nation or country , the priests respectively , if deeply learned , can have no views

contrary to those of his Church , and it is not of the religion but on its system that they would think of solemnly deliberating upon making any change . Consequently , by the adjustment of knowledge , a doctor of divinity , or rather

any ecclesiastic , proves his positive deficiency in theological reasoning , by attempting- to depart from his Church ; and , by detracting fromthe truths of the Holy Testaments , proclaims himself unfit for his holy office . Some diAdne being ,

namely a God , is believed to have instituted all religions that have been established according to the history of their many founders . Thus one religion has given place to another , and more or less each have pointed to one Savour and one

religion , relative to which the Christian Religion is an universally predicted religion . It is so , even as it is divided into many systems , the abuses of which , in its own sure and certain way , it takes upon itself to reform , as , with a mysterious

progress , silently and surely , it approaches day by day , hour by hour , hy in-visible agencies , and glorious achievements , nearer , and nearer to its . final victory and fulfilment . " Let there be lig ht . ' And Ave catchup the expressive words and say , " Let

there be li ght . " Let each sentence of the Holy Scriptures be correctly and plainly expounded , literally as they have been translated into our own language , and there can be no fear as to the result .

Architectural London In 1884.

ARCHITECTURAL LONDON IN 1884 .

( From the Builder . ) The possible aspect of London as it mi ght appear to the problematical New Zealander , in that far-off future in which civilization and commercial prosperity may have been displaced from thenpresent centre and removed to the antipodes , has been traced b

y a master hand . But that dreamy picture of architectural ruin belongs to a state of things too distant , and too inconceivable to create any really serious interest in the present generation , or to materially influence the studies or aspirations of our existing architects and engineers .

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1864-02-13, Page 1” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 28 March 2023, masonicperiodicals.org/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_13021864/page/1/.
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CLASSICAL THEOLOGY.—LXXIII. Article 1
ARCHITECTURAL LONDON IN 1884. Article 1
THE GRAND LODGE, ALPINA. Article 4
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 11
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 12
PROVINCIAL. Article 14
ROYAL ARCH. Article 15
MARK MAS0NRY. Article 15
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 15
INDIA. Article 15
CHINA. Article 16
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 17
Untitled Article 17
Obituary. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Classical Theology.—Lxxiii.

CLASSICAL THEOLOGY . —LXXIII .

LONDON , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 13 , 1864

JUNO AND JANUARY . The Altare ah altitucline , or exalted Altar , was l-aised , as the words imply , hig h , above the pavement , and signifies the particular place where sacrifices were wholly and only devoted to . the

celestial deities ; whereas twos ( Bomos ) , was used not peculiarly to denote the high altar , but likewise those low ones , denominated arce ; according to whom they were consecrated , namely , as to © col xfl" « " ( Theoi K & onioi ) , the celestial gods , and

& eol e i X 8 onoi ( Theoi Epixhonioi ) , the terrestrialgods , but collectively of each . The signification of Ma-yaAoi Qt-oi . ( Magaloi Theoi ) , implies the great gods , or deities . The altar of Jupiter the Olympian , described by Pausanias , was more than twenty feet in height ; whereas those of the heroes , or

Epixthonioi Eroes , called Eskarai , were not above half a foot high . The Greeks also dug out little trenches , named Lakkoi and Bothroi , which they used instead of altars , when they sacrificed to Ipocthdnioi ( ypeeSyioi ) , and Katakhonioi , & c .

( KaToxfloyioi ) , or the infernal deities . The figures of the Dodeca eisi ( AS ^ ca ei < n ) , Theoi megaloi (@ eoi p . eya \ oi ) , or Duodecim sunt Dei mdgni , which is to say , the twelve higher deities , were painted in the portico of the Ceramicus , where the Athenians

slain in war were buried , and represented in other porticos , as of the Pantheon . * The names of these tAvelve could be classified with an equal number of divinities of many nations , answering to the same attributes , and placed side by side as follows : —

Zeus , Jupiter . Juno , Hera . Poseidon , ISTeptunus . Pallas , Minerva . Apollon , Apollo . Demeter , Ceres . Hephaitus , Vulcanus . A phrodite , Venus . Ares , Mars . Artemis , Diana-Hermes , Mercurius . Hestia , Vesta .

The Athenians had , likewise , an altar erected to the highest honour of these deities , called Bw / tus TBi' StoSeKa eeov ( Bomus ton dodeca Theon ) , that is , the altar of the twelve gods and goddesses . In fact , the ancients avowed the greatest veneration

towards these once mi ghty beings of then- worshi p and immortality , and reverential honour to their heroic sons , for the gods , we may bear in mind ,

Classical Theology.—Lxxiii.

saw the daughters of man " that they were fair . " Likewise the ancient nations generally , as 'did the Jews , put much assured belief in the transmigration of souls . In truth , all nations have " possessed religious systems of their own , which ^ have

crumbled , and are crumbling , before the revealed religion of Christ , which again has many systems . So lone- as religion forms an established system of a nation or country , the priests respectively , if deeply learned , can have no views

contrary to those of his Church , and it is not of the religion but on its system that they would think of solemnly deliberating upon making any change . Consequently , by the adjustment of knowledge , a doctor of divinity , or rather

any ecclesiastic , proves his positive deficiency in theological reasoning , by attempting- to depart from his Church ; and , by detracting fromthe truths of the Holy Testaments , proclaims himself unfit for his holy office . Some diAdne being ,

namely a God , is believed to have instituted all religions that have been established according to the history of their many founders . Thus one religion has given place to another , and more or less each have pointed to one Savour and one

religion , relative to which the Christian Religion is an universally predicted religion . It is so , even as it is divided into many systems , the abuses of which , in its own sure and certain way , it takes upon itself to reform , as , with a mysterious

progress , silently and surely , it approaches day by day , hour by hour , hy in-visible agencies , and glorious achievements , nearer , and nearer to its . final victory and fulfilment . " Let there be lig ht . ' And Ave catchup the expressive words and say , " Let

there be li ght . " Let each sentence of the Holy Scriptures be correctly and plainly expounded , literally as they have been translated into our own language , and there can be no fear as to the result .

Architectural London In 1884.

ARCHITECTURAL LONDON IN 1884 .

( From the Builder . ) The possible aspect of London as it mi ght appear to the problematical New Zealander , in that far-off future in which civilization and commercial prosperity may have been displaced from thenpresent centre and removed to the antipodes , has been traced b

y a master hand . But that dreamy picture of architectural ruin belongs to a state of things too distant , and too inconceivable to create any really serious interest in the present generation , or to materially influence the studies or aspirations of our existing architects and engineers .

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