These two arguments, as he who reflects can easily perceive, not only corroborate each other, but their respective proving force is such, that, if considered separately, each one is sufficient to peremptorily prove that the Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures. The former, till now, we Universalists have exclusively used, and it has been efficacious in causing the scales of early and strong prejudices to fall from the eyes of thousands. However, it is unfortunately a fact, confirmed by daily experience, that the conclusions arrived at through scriptural controversies are striking only to minds of a particular bent and culture. On the contrary, the conclusions arrived at through historical facts present themselves to the mind of _all_, clear, vivid and irresistible. It is for this reason that the author, in this book, presents to the consideration of the Universalist denomination, and of the public in general, the second argument, drawn from history. The vast number of historical facts, of quotations, extracts, etc., contained in this volume, have been translated from many languages, with as much accuracy as possible. May God bless this work, intended to confirm the Universalists in their beloved faith; and also to break the chain of prejudice which keeps millions of men in ignorance, in superstition, in perpetual fear, and thereby in spiritual bondage: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. DEDICATION. iii PREFACE. v CHAPTER I. TRUE SPIRIT OF PAGAN RELIGIONS. 9 CHAPTER II. PAGAN ORIGIN OF MYSTERIES. 28 CHAPTER III. PAGAN ORIGIN OF THE DOCTRINE OF A PERSONAL DEVIL. 58 CHAPTER IV. PAGAN ORIGIN OF THE DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN. 68 CHAPTER V. PAGAN ORIGIN OF THE DOCTRINE OF TRINITY. 80 CHAPTER VI. PAGAN ORIGIN OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE SUPREME DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST. 87 CHAPTER VII. PAGAN ORIGIN OF THE DOCTRINE OF ENDLESS HELL. 111 ARTICLE I.--Metempsychosis or Transmigration of the Souls. 111 ARTICLE II.--Tartarus. 129 ARTICLE III.--Did the Christians of the First Centuries believe in Endless Hell. 136 ARTICLE IV.--How the Church of Rome borrowed the doctrine of Endless Hell from the Pagans; and how, afterwards, the self-called Orthodox Protestant Churches borrowed it from the Church of Rome. 170 CHAPTER VIII.