Cyclopædia
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ASSEVERATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSEVERATION
of Supererogation necessary.—They were the Fathers and Predecessors of the Pharisees; and from them likewise arose the Essenes. See PHARISEE and ESSENE. The Jesuit Serrarius and Drusius have written against each other upon the Subject of the Assideans,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AERIALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AERIAL
AERIUS, something that consists of Air, or has a relation or resemblance to Air. See AIR. The Essenes, the most refined and rational Sect among the Jews, held that the human Soul consisted of an aerial Matter. See ESSENES. Angels or Spirits, whether...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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