Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://archive.org/details/paganoriginofp00pitr Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Greek characters have been transliterated to English characters. The transliterations are denoted by [Greek: PAGAN ORIGIN OF PARTIALIST DOCTRINES. by REV. JOHN CLAUDIUS PITRAT, A Member of the University of France; Author of "Jesuits Unveiled," of "Paul and Julia," etc., and Formerly a Romish Priest. Published by the Author. Cincinnati: Longley Brothers, Printers, 168 Vine St., Above Fourth. 1857. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1857, by John Claudius Pitrat, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. TO BROTHER JOHN A. GURLEY. _Dear Friend Gurley_,--To you, who have fed me when I was starving, sheltered me when I was a homeless exile, and befriended me when I was forlorn, and my life was sought by my persecutors, this volume I inscribe, as a feeble token of my lasting gratitude and friendship. J. C. PITRAT. PREFACE. Two arguments can be brought forth to prove that the Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures: the one is drawn from the Scriptures themselves, and the other is drawn from history. The first argument, drawn from the Scriptures, is this: The Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures, if it can be proved by the Scriptures themselves that the Partialist doctrines are not contained therein. But it can be proved by the Scriptures themselves that the Partialist doctrines are not contained therein. Then the Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures. The second argument, drawn from history, is this: The Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures, if it can be proved by history, that the origin of the Partialist doctrines is Pagan. But it can be proved by history that the origin of the Partialist doctrines is Pagan. Then the Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures.