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In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma t

In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma that is, the sacred lore of priests and people… and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual. – William Robertson Smith

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