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langage figuratif, ou historiquement défini. Selon Channing, « Dieu ne contredit jamais dans tel passage de la Bible ce qu'il enseigne dans tel autre, et n'infirme jamais dans sa révélation les leçons de ses œuvres et de la Providence » (Unitarian Christianity, 1819). L'inspiration de la Bible ne se réduit donc pas à sa lettre ; mais il faut, à l'inverse, condamner toutes ces formes d'inspiration directe qu'encouragent les sectes, « fanatisme, folie passagère, illuminations soudaines et transports

out of heaven." However, the Saint-Simonians, followers of the Utopian socialist Claude-Henri de Saint-Simon (1760-1825), interpreted this vision as foretelling a future paradise on earth and a new golden age. Saint-Simon's thought, a sort of neo-Christianity, was popular in Russia during the 1840s. [lxxix] See John 11:1-45. This is not the beggar Lazarus, but Lazarus the brother of Martha and Mary, whom Jesus raises from the dead. The theme of the raising of Lazarus, central to the novel, is here

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collectively responsible for the attacks. Taking the lead, Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote a series of articles for distribution among the country’s Muslim press. In these articles he stated inter alia that “[b]laming Islam is as ludicrous as blaming Christianity for loyalist attacks on Catholics or nationalist attacks on Protestants in 405 406 “Plea for calm after attack on mosque”, Lancashire news, 18 September 2001. Information from Arzu Merali, 12 February 2003. 407 Islamic Human Rights Commission

and conferred a legislative power on the Councils, not only over Christian men, but also over all nations in the world. (11) B. They say no; for the power they pretend to is derived from this, that when a king was converted from Gentilism to Christianity, he did by that very submission to the bishop that converted him, submit to the bishop’s government and became one of his sheep; which right therefore he could not have over any nation that was not Christian. A. Did Sylvester, which was Pope

of fertility that welcomed the arrival of Spring. It was incorporated into the Christian celebrations so as to encourage the existing Pagan ritual into the build-up to the period of Lent and allow the two contrasting traditions of Paganism and Christianity to collaborate to some extent. However, the Mardi Gras festival has also encountered its problems in the form of social unrest. In the 1700s under French rule, the tradition of masked balls was extremely popular, but the new Spanish authorities