The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ
by Kersey Graves
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Contents
- Preface
- Preface
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Explanation
- Address to the Clergy
- Chapter I. Rival Claims of the Saviors
- Chapter II. Messianic Prophecies
- Chapter III. Prophecies by the Figure of a Serpent
- Chapter IV. Miraculous and Immaculate Conception of the Gods
- Chapter V. Virgin Mothers and Virgin-Born Gods
- Chapter VI. Stars Point Out the Time and the Saviors' Birth-Place
- Chapter VII. Angels, Shepherds and Magi Visit the Infant Saviors
- Chapter VIII. The Twenty-Fifth of December the Birthday of the Gods
- Chapter IX. Titles of the Saviors
- Chapter X. The Saviors of Royal Descent, but Humble Birth
- Chapter XI. Christ's Genealogy
- Chapter XII. The World's Saviors Saved from Destruction in Infancy
- Section II.—Incredibility of the Story of the Massacre of the Hebrew Infants
- Chapter XIII. The Saviors Exhibit Early Proofs of Divinity
- Chapter XIV. The Saviors; Kingdoms Not of This World
- Chapter XV. The Saviors Were Real Personages
- Chapter XVI. Sixteen Saviors Crucified
- Chapter XVII. The Aphanasia, or Darkness at the Crucifixion
- Chapter XVIII. Descent of the Saviors Into Hell
- Chapter XIX. Resurrection of the Saviors
- Chapter XX. Reappearance and Ascension of the Saviors
- Chapter XXI. The Atonement—Its Oriental or Heathen Origin
- Chapter XXII. The Holy Ghost of Oriental Origin
- Chapter XXIII. The Divine "Word" of Oriental Origin
- Chapter XXIV. The Trinity Very Anciently a Current Heathen Doctrine
- Chapter XXV. Absolution, and the Confession of Sins, of Heathen Origin
- Chapter XXVI. Origin of Baptism by Water, Fire, Blood and the Holy Ghost
- Chapter XXVII. The Sacrament or Eucharist of Heathen Origin
- Chapter XXVIII. Anointing with Oil of Oriental Origin
- Chapter XXIX. How Men, Including Jesus Christ, Came to Be Worshiped as Gods
- Chapter XXX. Sacred Cycles Explaining the Advent of the Gods
- Chapter XXXI. Christianity Derived from Heathen and Oriental Systems
- Chapter XXXII. Three Hundred and Forty-Six Striking Analogies Between Christ and Chrishna
- Chapter XXXIII. Apollonius, Osiris, Magus, Etc.—Gods
- Chapter XXXIV. The Three Pillars of the Christian Faith—Miracles, Prophecies, and Precepts
- Chapter XXXV. Logical or Common Sense View of the Doctrine of Divine Incarnation
- Chapter XXXVI. Philosophical Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation
- Chapter XXXVII. Physiological Absurdities of the Doctrine of the Divine Incarnation
- Chapter XXXVIII. A Historical View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ
- Chapter XXXIX. The Scriptural View of Christ's Divinity
- Chapter XL. A Metonymic View of the Divinity of Jesus Christ
- Chapter XLI. The Precepts and Practical Life of Jesus Christ; His Two Hundred Errors
- Chapter XLII. Christ as a Spiritual Medium
- Chapter XLIII. Conversion, Repentance, and "Getting Religion" of Heathen Origin
- Chapter XLIV. The Moral Lessons of Religious History
- Chapter XLV. Conclusion and Review
- Notes