What does hierography mean?
Hierography means Sacred writing..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Sacred writing..
The history of religion is not content with describing special religions (hierography), or with relating their vicissitudes and metamorphoses (the history of religions); its aim is to show how religion, considered generally as the relation between man and the superhuman powers which he believes, has developed in the course of ages among different nations and races,
“DEUS ipse arcana sua mysterijs involuit: Agnus Christum refert; eumque crucifixum ex aere Anguis,” and according to him, the Hebrews were the first nation to avail themselves of this hierography.
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Hierography means Sacred writing..
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The history of religion is not content with describing special religions (hierography), or with relating their vicissitudes and metamorphoses (the history of religions); its aim is to show how religion, considered generally as the relation between man and the superhuman powers which he believes, has developed in the course of ages among different nations and races,
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